Press Releases

                      I’m delighted to be here today to break ground on a very important project for the Vermont National Guard, the State of Vermont, and really our nation as well. Let me first say thank you to General Dubie, and all of the men and women of the Vermont National Guard here today, for not just your support, but also

WASHINGTON, April 13 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), a member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following statement today on President Barack Obama’s speech on the budget deficit: “The very serious deficit crisis that we are in today is the result of the severe recession caused by Wall Street greed, two unpaid-for wars, huge tax breaks for the rich,

WASHINGTON, April 12 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said today he will vote against a bill that cuts more than $38 billion from programs that help working families without calling for shared sacrifice by the wealthiest Americans. Bush-era tax breaks for the very rich were extended and expanded last December – driving up the deficit.  “Today, in order to reduce

WASHINGTON. April 5 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), a member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following statement today on a proposal by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) that would dismantle Medicare and continue tax giveaways for the wealthy: “Congressman Paul Ryan’s budget proposal is extraordinarily unfair.  At a time when the wealthiest people are becoming wealthier,

WASHINGTON, April 1 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement today after Tik Root, a Middlebury College student, was released from custody in Syria.        “We are delighted that he’s coming home safe and sound to his family and friends in Vermont.”

WASHINGTON, March 31 – Under court order, the Federal Reserve today identified more banks that took loans during the financial crisis using a once-secret system that Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) called “welfare for the rich and powerful.” A Sanders provision in the Wall Street reform law already had forced the Fed last Dec. 1 to name banks that took trillions