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BURLINGTON, VT — Senators Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Peter Welch (D-VT) and Representative Becca Balint (VT-AL) sent a letter to U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg this past Friday, calling on the Department of Transportation (DOT) to support the State of Vermont’s request for immediate and robust assistance to help Vermont rebuild and recover from the recent devastating flooding. The

BURLINGTON, Vt., July 24 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.), and Rep. Becca Balint (D-Vt.) today sent letters to 95 insurance companies holding federally-backed and private insurance policies across Vermont – including the top flood, homeowner, and auto insurance companies – calling on them to act quickly and fairly when assessing what damage from the recent floods

BURLINGTON, Vt., July 24 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, on Monday issued the following statement as bipartisan talks continue on primary care legislation: “This country has a massive shortage of doctors, nurses, mental health providers, and dentists. We also have a primary care crisis in which millions of Americans are

WASHINGTON, July 20 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, on Thursday issued the following statement after the committee favorably reported out the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Response Act: “Over 1 million Americans died from COVID. In fact, we lost more Americans as a result of COVID than we did in

WASHINGTON, July 19 – Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), along with Sens. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Bob Casey (D-Pa.), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Richard Durbin (I-Ill.), John Fetterman (D-Pa.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Edward Markey (D-Mass.), Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Chris Murphy

WASHINGTON, July 19 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, on Wednesday issued the following statement after he introduced major legislation to overhaul the primary health care system in America: “As every American knows, our country faces a major crisis in primary care and a massive shortage of doctors, nurses, mental