Press Releases

BURLINGTON, Vt., Jan. 19 – As Chinese President Hu Jintao arrived in Washington, D.C., for a state visit, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) questioned why the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History gift shop sells busts of American presidents that are made in China. Sanders called the symbolism both “extraordinary” and “pretty pathetic.” “It appears that a museum owned by the

MONTPELIER, Vt., Jan. 18 – Flanking Gov. Peter Shumlin at a Statehouse press conference, the Vermont congressional delegation today announced federal legislation to let states in 2014 provide better health care at less cost. A provision by U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in the new federal health care law allows states to propose pilot programs in 2017. Now Vermont’s congressional delegates- Sen. Patrick

BURLINGTON, Vt., Jan. 18 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement today after the Federal Communications Commission and the Department of Justice approved Comcast’s bid to take control of NBC Universal from General Electric: “The Federal Communications Commission and the Department of Justice okayed the merger of Comcast, the nation’s largest distributor of video services, and NBC Universal,

BURLINGTON, Vt., Jan. 14 -Amid warning signs that Social Security faces new threats from some quarters at the White House and on Capitol Hill, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) urged President Barack Obama to preserve the “strong and vibrant” system that serves more than 52 million Americans. In a letter to the president, Sanders referred to what he called “worrisome reports” that Obama is considering cuts

SWANTON, Vt., Jan. 13 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today visited a school dental clinic at Missisquoi Valley Union High School.  The clinic, run by the Northern Tier Community Health Center, serves students and others in this Franklin County community. “One of the serious health issues in Vermont, and one that I have focused on for a number of years,

BURLINGTON, Vt., Jan. 11 – Even after a new law uncloaked what were secret subsidies for big banks and other financial institutions, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke remains evasive about details of $3.3 trillion in emergency loans. A provision by U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in the Wall Street reform law forced the Fed on Dec. 1 to disclose which banks, corporations