Press Releases

BURLINGTON, Vt., Aug 9 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.), and Rep. Becca Balint (VT-AL) today sent a letter to President Joe Biden urging him to work closely with Congress to secure supplemental disaster aid for urgent flood recovery and long-term disaster mitigation in Vermont. This letter comes as Congress must act to provide additional federal funding for agencies

Following performances, panelist discussion and audience Q&A ranged from mental health to funding for arts programs and teachers in schools across the state. BURLINGTON, Vt., Aug 9 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and singer-songwriter Grace Potter hosted two town meetings on the arts last Saturday in White River Junction and South Burlington with young Vermont artists and Vermonters from across

Two different town meetings on the arts will be held on Saturday, August 5 – the first at 12 P.M. in White River Junction and the second at 4 P.M. in South Burlington BURLINGTON, Vt., Aug 2 – This weekend, Vermonters will come together around music and the arts at events hosted by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and singer-songwriter Grace

WASHINGTON, July 31 – Amid record breaking heat levels, Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Monday sent a letter to United States Attorney General Merrick Garland urging him to bring lawsuits against the fossil fuel industry for its longstanding and carefully coordinated campaign to mislead consumers and discredit climate science in

WASHINGTON, July 28 – On Wednesday evening, Sen. Bernie Sanders hosted a statewide telephone town meeting on Vermont’s flooding disaster with Sen. Peter Welch, Representative Becca Balint, and Governor Phil Scott, as well as federal and state agency leaders playing a critical part in the response and recovery process. Nearly 12,000 Vermonters from across the state joined the town meeting

Report shows that retirement account disparities have increased by income and persisted by race over time WASHINGTON, July 28 — According to a new report – commissioned in 2020 by Senators Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Chairman of the Committee on the Budget, and released yesterday by the Government Accountability