Vermont Wins Two Grants for Regional Development
BURLINGTON, Vt., Oct. 2 – The Northern Border Regional Commission has awarded grants totaling $373,447 for regional development projects in Vermont, Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) announced today. The grants will support the Lamoille Valley Rail Trail in Lamoille County and develop key regional business clusters in the Northeast Kingdom. The $249,982 grant for the Lamoille Valley Rail Trail
Cut deficits, but not on working families’ backs
“We must address the very serious problem of a $16 trillion national debt and a $1 trillion federal deficit,” Sen Bernie Sanders said in a column published Tuesday by Politico. But with just weeks to go before the election and a lame-duck session of Congress, he criticized the “horrendous ideas” offered by self-styled deficit hawks. The same people who took
Energy Efficiency Financing Grant Announced by Sen. Sanders, Mayor Weinberger, Commissioner Miller
BURLINGTON, Vt., Oct. 1 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today announced a new $1 million grant to support energy efficiency in Burlington. The senator was joined at a news conference by Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger and Vermont Department of Public Service Commissioner Elizabeth Miller. “This program may well become a national model for how we overcome hurdles to energy efficiency investments. It will help us
Sanders Statement on Court Ruling in CFTC Case
BURLINGTON, Vt., Sept. 28 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement today after a federal judge struck down a Commodity Futures Trading Commission rule on market speculation: “Today’s court decision is another victory for Wall Street speculators who have been given a green light to rip off the American people at the gas pump. The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer
Sanders Statement on Vermont Veterans’ Home
BURLINGTON, Vt., Sept. 26 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement today after the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services allowed Vermont Veterans Home in Bennington to keep federal funding: “As a member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, I strongly believe that as a nation we have a shared responsibility to make sure that the men and women who have served
