Press Releases

WASHINGTON, June 4 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today urged President Barack Obama to replace Gary Gensler as the Commodity Futures Trading Commission chairman with someone who will enforce speculation limits on Wall Street oil and gas traders. Sanders said Wall Street speculators were responsible for a spike in crude oil prices that, in turn, artificially drove up gasoline prices this spring to a nationwide average

SPRINGFIELD, Vt., June 1 – Speaking here at the site of a soon-to-open dental clinic, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said today that Vermont is making progress on access to affordable dental care, but more must be done in Vermont and the nation to address the national crisis. More than 130 million Americans do not have dental insurance, according to a

BURLINGTON, Vt., May 31 – Raising the Social Security payroll tax cap would strengthen the retirement program while affecting only a small percentage of the wealthiest workers in the United States, according to a new study by the Center for Economic and Policy Research. The researchers found that legislation proposed by U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) would affect only 1.4

BURLINGTON, Vt., May 31 – A plan by the Koch brothers, a right-wing conservative family, to spend $400 million on political campaigns this year is the latest evidence of the need to overturn a Supreme Court ruling that voided campaign finance laws, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said today. Organizations related to Charles and David Koch, the billionaires who run

BURLINGTON, Vt., May 26 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is participating in Memorial Day events throughout Vermont this weekend and issued the following statement: “On Memorial Day, a grateful nation pays tribute to those who died while in service to our country.  We are extremely proud of the generations of veterans from the Green Mountain Boys in the Revolutionary War

The U.S. Senate Thursday night confirmed the Adjutant General of the Vermont National Guard, Major General Michael Dubie, to a top post in the U.S. military’s homeland defense mission.  General Dubie, nominated by President Obama, will be the Deputy Commander of the United States Northern Command (NORTHCOM), the military’s unified command in charge of protecting U.S. territory and providing military