Press Releases

WASHINGTON, March 9 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), a member of the Senate Budget Committee, today made the following statement following Senate votes on competing spending proposals: “This country has a very serious deficit crisis and it must be addressed in a fair and sensible way. “I voted against the Republican proposal because it made devastating cuts to Head Start,

WASHINGTON, March 7 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said today that Congress must balance spending cuts with additional revenue to reduce deficits. “It would be morally wrong for the United States to balance the budget on the backs of the most vulnerable people in our society while asking nothing from the wealthiest,” Sanders said. A member of the Senate Budget Committee, Sanders proposed a millionaires’ surtax.

Calls for Surtax on Millionaires, Ending Breaks for Big Oil   BURLINGON, Vt., March 6 – As the U.S. Senate heads for votes this week on competing spending plans for the rest of the year, Sen. Bernie Sanders said Congress also must raise additional revenue to reduce deficits.  He proposed a surtax on millionaires and eliminating tax breaks for Big Oil.

WASHINGTON, March 2 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said today that Congress must not balance the budget by cutting programs for working families after giving tax breaks to millionaires and billionaires. “At a time when the gap between the rich and everyone else is wider than it has been in decades, it would be wrong to balance the budget on

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 – The Vermont congressional delegation today urged the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to ensure a swift cleanup at Vermont Yankee after the license to run the nuclear power plant runs out. Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) signed a letter that was drafted by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). Sanders sits on the Senate panel that oversees the NRC, which regulates

Vermont Delegation and Gov. Shumlin Hail Obama Endorsement of State Health Reform Waiver Legislation WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 – The Vermont congressional delegation and Gov. Peter Shumlin today hailed President Obama’s endorsement of legislation allowing states to provide better health care at a lower cost starting in 2014. At a meeting of the National Governors Association Monday morning, Obama announced his support for amending the Affordable