Press Releases

WASHINGTON, June 12 – The Vermont congressional delegation – Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), and Congressman Peter Welch (D-Vt.) — announced Tuesday that Vermonter Harold J. Howrigan Jr. has been appointed to the National Dairy Promotion and Research Board by U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. Howrigan, who is part of one of Vermont’s most well-known farming families, lives in Fairfield.  The Howrigan family own

WASHINGTON, June 12 – More than $4 trillion in near zero-interest Federal Reserve loans and other financial assistance went to the banks and businesses of at least 18 current and former Federal Reserve regional bank directors in the aftermath of the 2008 financial collapse, according to Government Accountability Office records made public for the first time today by Sen. Bernie Sanders. On the eve of Senate

WASHINGTON, June 12 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today told a rally on Capitol Hill that Congress must protect Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid during a new round of budget negotiations this year. “Yes, we have to deal with deficit reduction, but not on the backs of the most vulnerable people in this country,” Sanders told 200 people gathered on the west lawn of the Capitol.

WASHINGTON, June 8 – Five Vermont airports are in line for $1.2 million in Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) funds to conduct repairs and enhancements, the state’s congressional delegation – Sen. Patrick Leahy, Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Peter Welch – announced today. The funds will be shared among Burlington International Airport, Middlebury State Airport, Rutland/Southern Vermont Regional Airport, Caledonia County

WASHINGTON, June 7 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.) today introduced the most sweeping legislation ever to address the national crisis in dental care. As many as 130 million Americans do not have dental insurance, according to a report prepared for Sanders as chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Primary Health and Aging. One quarter

WASHINGTON, June 6 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today told U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan that it is unacceptable to exclude Vermont and many other rural states from a major federal grant program. “It is unacceptable that nearly $5 billion of federal “Race to the Top” funding has been distributed while Vermont and many other states have not received a