Bernie Buzz

Health Care is a Human Right

May 6, 2025

In my view, health care is a human right and not a privilege. The function of a rational health care system is not to make billions in profits for insurance companies and the pharmaceutical industry, but to provide quality care for all. I am proud to tell you that, with 15 cosponsors in the Senate, I have just introduced my Medicare for All legislation, which will guarantee health care for every man, woman and child in this country while saving substantial sums of money.

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Join Me for a Spring Dance in Hardwick

April 26, 2025

These are tough times for Vermont and our country. In the midst of all of the chaos, divisiveness and ugliness that we are seeing, it’s vitally important that we strengthen our sense of community – and support and enjoy each other as fellow human beings. And one way to do that right now is to turn off our cell phones and TVs, get out of our homes, and celebrate spring with a night of great music and dancing. Please join me and the Peavine Boys at Hazen Union School on Saturday, May 17 at 7:30 pm for a Spring Dance.

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Will Mathis and Snowplow Frosty Keeping Lincoln’s Roads Clear

April 23, 2025

Will Mathis is a lifelong Vermonter, a part time ski-patroller, a member of his local snowmobile club, and the Highway Supervisor for the Town of Lincoln. As supervisor, he leads the highway crew, managing Lincoln’s bridges, culverts, ditches, and more than 50 miles of roads – some of the steepest and most rugged in Vermont. The maintenance done by Will and his crew often requires early mornings, late nights, enduring bad weather, and plenty of hard work.

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Our Third Annual Youth Chess Day

April 21, 2025

On Saturday, 160 young Vermonters and their parents joined me and my staff at the Vermont State University in Randolph for our third annual Youth Chess Day. The reason we hold a Youth Chess Day is to encourage young people to learn how to play an intellectually challenging game that is many hundreds of years old and is enjoyed throughout the world.

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We Must Not Move Toward Authoritarianism

April 19, 2025

It is no great secret that our country is divided politically. I would hope, however, that all Americans and Vermonters come together to support our democratic way of life and oppose the very aggressive movement toward authoritarianism that the Trump administration is pursuing.

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The Lake Champlain Pond Hockey Classic

April 18, 2025

Dear Fellow Vermonter, Vermont has some great traditions that go on year after year after year. Pond hockey is one of them.  Every year, as the temperatures go down, ice skating rinks across the state go up. Whether it takes place on a pond, on a lake, your town green or even your neighbor’s backyard, “pond hockey” has been a

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