Press Releases

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 – Ahead of a Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs hearing, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) Wednesday introduced two bills to expand and improve comprehensive health care for veterans. The Veterans Dental Care Eligibility Expansion and Enhancement Act of 2021 – co-sponsored by Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), and Bob Menendez

BURLINGTON, Vt., Oct. 15 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) Friday issued the following statement after polls showed too many Americans still don’t know what’s in the Build Back Better agenda:  “Poll after poll shows overwhelming support for the $3.5 trillion Build Back Better legislation – and the need to lower prescription drug costs, expand Medicare to cover dental, hearing and vision,

In a joint statement, Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Representative Peter Welch (D-Vt.) said:  “We welcome and commend the Biden Administration’s decision to safely reopen the U.S. borders with Canada and Mexico.  Like so many communities along both borders, Vermont towns have close, longstanding ties with Canadian ones.  It is good news that fully vaccinated family

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, Wednesday held a press conference at the Senate Radio and T.V. Studio Gallery on the budget reconciliation bill and Sen. Joe Manchin’s (D-W.Va.) comments about the legislation. His remarks, as prepared for delivery, are below: “As Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, I want to say

BURLINGTON, Sept. 30 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) announced Thursday that Vermont’s 11 federally qualified health centers will receive over $6.9 million in funding from the American Rescue Plan, which became law in March, to support major health care construction and renovation projects, including COVID-19 testing, treatment, and vaccination infrastructure projects. These awards are particularly important because while federal

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 — Sens. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) issued the following statement Wednesday on upcoming votes regarding infrastructure and reconciliation legislation: “In the coming weeks, Congress has the