Press Releases

Senator Bernie Sanders issued the following statement over the partial shutdown of the Federal Aviation Administration. “It is reckless and extremely harmful for the House Republicans to play politics with our nation’s air safety.   While it is my understanding at this point that no FAA employees in Vermont will be furloughed and that no Vermont projects will be stopped, we simply cannot afford to

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today pressed the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to aggressively implement task force recommendations on reactor safety in the wake of Japan’s nuclear crisis. “Delay is not an acceptable option,” Sanders said at an Environment and Public Works Committee hearing in Washington. “We must do everything in our power to make sure nuclear power plants are safe

Sen. Bernie Sanders issued the following statement today after voting against a $2.1 trillion deficit-reduction package: “I believe that Vermonters and people across the country are extremely dismayed that all of the burden for deficit reduction will fall on the backs of working families, the elderly, the children, the sick and the poor.  This extremely unfair agreement does not ask the wealthiest people in

Sen. Bernie Sanders today issued the following statement on why he plans to vote against a deficit-reduction deal proposed by the White House and congressional leaders: “The wealthiest people in this country and the largest corporations who are doing phenomenally well today are not being asked to contribute one penny in shared sacrifice toward deficit reduction.  On the other hand, middle-class and working families who are suffering

Sen. Bernie Sanders issued the following statement today after he voted against a Senate deficit- reduction proposal: “The Republicans have been absolutely determined to make certain that the rich and large corporations not contribute one penny for deficit reduction, and that all of the sacrifice comes from the middle class and working families in terms of cuts in Social Security,

A U.S. Postal Service proposal to close more than 3,600 post offices and branches, including 14 in Vermont, drew opposition today from the Vermont congressional delegation. “Post offices in a rural state like Vermont are not just post offices – they are often the heart and soul of the town – and they must not be closed down,” Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Bernie