Vermont Tops Nation in Health Insurance Rebates
WASHINGTON, July 31 – More than 4,600 Vermonters are due an average $807 rebate on their health insurance premiums by tomorrow under a provision in the new national health care law, Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) said today. The Vermont average rebate is greater than any other state. In all, 4,636 Vermont policy holders – all covered by
Inhofe ‘Dead Wrong’ on Global Warming, Sanders Says
WASHINGTON, July 30 – In a summer of record heat, severe drought, extreme storms, melting glaciers and raging wildfires, Sen. Bernie Sanders today challenged claims by a leading Republican senator who dismisses global warming as a “hoax.” Sanders (I-Vt.), in a speech prepared for delivery to the Senate later today, rebutted what he called “myths” espoused by Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.), the ranking Republican on
Sanders Recognizes Vermont’s 2012 Olympians
BURLINGTON, Vt., July 27 – As the Summer Olympics open today in London. U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders singled out Lea Davison, Trevor Moore and Andrew Wheating, three Vermonters representing the United States in the world’s most prestigious athletic competition. Lea Davison won the first mountain bike race she ever entered when she was 17 years old. A native of Jericho, Vt., Lea competed in cross country
FEMA Okays Lamoille Valley Rail Trail Repairs
WASHINGTON, July 25 – The Federal Emergency Management Agency has agreed to fund repairs to damage along the Lamoille Valley Rail Trail caused last year by spring storms and Tropical Storm Irene, Sens. Patrick Leahy and Bernie Sanders and Rep. Peter Welch announced today. “We appreciate FEMA’s careful consideration and support for the trail which is an incredible asset for Vermonters and visitors alike,” the delegation
Sanders to Address International AIDS Conference
WASHINGTON, July 25 – In remarks prepared for the 19th International AIDS Conference, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today called for reforming patent laws that boost pharmaceutical industry profits and make HIV/AIDS medicine so expensive in the United States that many patients cannot afford treatment and die. “To me, one of the great moral issues of our day is that there are people suffering and, in some cases,
