Press Releases

WASHINGTON, November 29 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Tuesday issued the following statement after the U.S. Senate voted 61-36 to pass the Respect for Marriage Act, major legislation to codify protections for same-sex and interracial marriage into federal law: “In the year 2022, we will not let an extremist Supreme Court drag us back in time. I was proud

BURLINGTON, Vt., Nov. 17 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has launched his thirteenth annual State of the Union Essay Contest. Each year, the President of the United States delivers the “State of the Union” address to a joint session of Congress, which outlines priorities for the coming year. Sanders knows that great ideas can come from anyone – not just

BURLINGTON, Vt., Nov. 10 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), longtime member and former chair of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, on Friday will join the St. Albans Veterans Day Parade and Ceremony to honor and commemorate our Vermont veterans. Details:What: St. Albans Veterans Day Parade and CeremonyWhen: Friday, November 11, 10:30 AMWhere: Taylor Park, 36 North Main Street, St. Albans

BURLINGTON, Vt., Nov. 10 – As part of “Vermont Day,” a biannual educational trip organized by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) for Vermont students, 90 high schoolers from Oxbow High School and Spaulding High School traveled to the nonpartisan Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate in Boston on Wednesday to learn firsthand about democracy and the Senate legislative

BURLINGTON, Vt., Oct. 21 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) Thursday held town meetings in Moretown and Burlington with Finland’s Ambassador to the United States, Mikko Hautala. Sen. Sanders and Ambassador Hautala began the day at the Vermont Statehouse with a bipartisan group of legislators and staff to discuss how Finland’s government implements and pays for their highly popular social programs.

BURLINGTON, Vt., Oct. 19 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Thursday will welcome Finland’s Ambassador to the United States Mikko Hautala to Vermont to exchange ideas about what Vermonters can learn from Finland and what Finland can learn from Vermont on a range of issues, including health care, education, housing, and the environment. During the visit, Sen. Sanders and Ambassador