Press Releases

Praises President for Defending Seniors  WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said today that Republicans showed their hand by tapping Rep. Paul Ryan, the architect of a plan to end Social Security and Medicare as we know it, to deliver the Republican response to the State of the Union address on Tuesday. “The Republican leadership has been vague

Sanders Announces Essay Winners   BURLINGTON, Vt., Jan. 24 – More than 225 Vermont students wrote about the declining middle class, climate change and health care reform in a State of the Union essay contest sponsored by U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). The winner, selected by a panel of Vermont teachers, was Keenan Villani-Holland of Richmond. He is a senior at

WINDSOR, Vt., Jan. 21 – President Obama today named Jeffrey R. Immelt, chairman and chief executive of General Electric, to lead the President’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness. The GE chiarman has been outspoken about job growth – not in the United States but in China. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) hoped the appointment means Immelt has reformed his thinking. “I

WINDSOR, Vt., Jan. 21 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today welcomed assurances by National Museum of American History director that the Smithsonian will make a “serious effort” to offer more American-made merchandise in museum gift shops. Sanders had questioned why the gift shop stocks bronze-colored busts of U.S. presidents from George Washington to Barack Obama that are “crafted in China.” 

WINDSOR, Vt., Jan. 21 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today announced federal funding he secured for a major renovation of a housing complex.   The 77-unit Windsor Village has provided affordable housing to seniors and others in the community for more than 30 years. Sanders secured a $243,500 federal grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for Housing

Social Security faces new threats from the Republican-controlled House and newly-elected ultra-conservatives in the Senate.  In advance of President Obama’s State of the Union address next Tuesday, Sen. Bernie Sanders urged him to keep his campaign promise to preserve the “strong and vibrant” system that serves more than 52 million Americans. Sanders also is forming a congressional caucus to protect