Press Releases

WASHINGTON, March 15 – An amendment – introduced today by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee to provide over $177 million in mandatory funding for the Nurse Corps program for Fiscal Year 2023, which would double the amount of funding it is receiving from this year – was successfully added to the bipartisan

WASHINGTON, March 15 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Monday, along with Sens. Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), and Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), sent a letter urging the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to forgo any actions that would limit veterans’ ability to get their VA care at VA facilities in New Hampshire or Vermont. The letter follows the

BURLINGTON, Vt., March 14 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Monday announced the winners of his twelfth annual State of the Union Essay Contest, which gives Vermont high school students an opportunity to take on a major issue facing the country and propose what they would do to solve it. This year, 409 students from 38 Vermont high schools submitted

The National Housing Trust Fund, which Sanders helped create in 2008, delivered $3.1 million to Vermont last year. The Vermont allocation for 2022 will soon be announced. WASHINGTON, March 11 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Friday applauded the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s recent announcement that this year a record $740 million will be released to the National Housing Trust

WASHINGTON, March 10 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) Thursday issued the following statement after the Major League Baseball lockout ended: “I’m delighted to see an agreement reached so that the Major League Baseball season can start. But the recent and unacceptable behavior of MLB’s owners has taught us some very important lessons that cannot be ignored. We are dealing with

WASHINGTON, March 9 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) Wednesday announced that more than $38 million he requested on behalf of Vermont initiatives were included in the major government funding bill expected to pass Congress this week. Sanders’ initiatives will strengthen Vermont communities and meet Vermonters’ needs across a wide range of issues, from child care and sustainable energy, to health