Governor Phil Scott, Senator Bernie Sanders Announce Nearly $4 Million in Grants for Youth Summer Programs

Approximately 100 programs awarded grants to expand offerings for State’s Summer Matters initiative Montpelier, Vt. – Governor Phil Scott, Senator Bernie Sanders and Vermont Afterschool today announced the recipients of…

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NEWS: Sanders Announces Nearly $1.4 Billion for Vermont in Committee Passage of Transportation Bill

WASHINGTON, May 26 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) Wednesday announced that the Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act, which today passed out of the Environment and Public Works Committee, will include nearly…

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Vermont Delegation Announces More Than $150 Million In COVID Vaccination and Mitigation Funds From The American Rescue Plan

WASHINGTON – Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Representative Peter Welch (D-Vt.) announced Monday that Vermont recently received more than $150 million through the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA)…

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Statement Of Vermont’s Congressional Delegation On Extension Of The Public Comment Period On Border Patrol Surveillance Towers

Joint statement from Leahy, Sanders and Welch:  “We are pleased to announce that the Department of Homeland Security has agreed to our request to reopen the public comment period related…

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