Press Releases

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

BURLINGTON, Vt., Oct. 12 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today held student town meetings in Rutland and Bennington to speak with students at Rutland High School and Mount Anthony Union High School. In addition, Sanders made several visits to meet with veterans from the Dodge House, the Bennington Veterans Outreach Center, and the Vermont Veterans’ Home. He also met with

BURLINGTON, Vt., Oct. 11 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Wednesday will hold town meetings with students at Rutland High School and Mount Anthony Union High School. At the town meetings, Sanders will hold a question and answer session to hear directly from students about the issues that matter most to them and to discuss how the federal government can