Press Releases

BURLINGTON, Vt., Oct. 24 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) tonight welcomed representatives from around the country to a conference here on how better buildings can save energy and improve the environment. Leaders of 41 innovative energy-efficiency projects, including one in Rutland County, are participating in the conference. Sanders, chairman of the Senate Green Jobs and the New Economy Subcommittee, welcomed conference participants to the most energy-efficient

A statement from Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on the president’s announcement that all American soldiers would leave Iraq by the end of this year. “I applaud the president’s decision and have been advocating that position for quite a while. Our nation has spent hundreds of billions of dollars in recent years protecting the people of Iraq and rebuilding that country.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 – Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz and other nationally-renowned economists agreed today to serve on a panel of experts to help Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) draft legislation to reform the Federal Reserve. Sanders announced formation of his expert advisory panel in the wake of a damning report that faulted apparent conflicts of interest by bank-picked board members at the 12 regional Fed banks. Top

WASHINGTON (Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011) – U.S. Senators Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) introduced legislation Thursday to make the fraudulent sale of maple syrup a felony offense.  The legislation is cosponsored by Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.).  The bill is called the Maple Agriculture Protection and Law Enforcement (MAPLE) Act. “Vermonters take pride in the natural products our state produces, and I have been alarmed by

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 – Hundreds of defense contractors that defrauded the U.S. military received more than $1.1 trillion in Pentagon contracts during the past decade, according to a Department of Defense report prepared for Sen. Bernie Sanders. Sanders (I-Vt.) called the report “shocking.” He said aggressive steps must be taken to ensure taxpayer dollars aren’t wasted. “The ugly truth is that virtually all of the major

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 – A new audit of the Federal Reserve released today detailed widespread conflicts of interest involving directors of its regional banks. “The most powerful entity in the United States is riddled with conflicts of interest,” Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said after reviewing the Government Accountability Office report. The study required by a Sanders Amendment to last year’s Wall Street reform law examined