Press Releases

In a joint statement, Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Representative Peter Welch (D-Vt.) said:  “We welcome and commend the Biden Administration’s decision to safely reopen the U.S. borders with Canada and Mexico.  Like so many communities along both borders, Vermont towns have close, longstanding ties with Canadian ones.  It is good news that fully vaccinated family

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, Wednesday held a press conference at the Senate Radio and T.V. Studio Gallery on the budget reconciliation bill and Sen. Joe Manchin’s (D-W.Va.) comments about the legislation. His remarks, as prepared for delivery, are below: “As Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, I want to say

BURLINGTON, Sept. 30 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) announced Thursday that Vermont’s 11 federally qualified health centers will receive over $6.9 million in funding from the American Rescue Plan, which became law in March, to support major health care construction and renovation projects, including COVID-19 testing, treatment, and vaccination infrastructure projects. These awards are particularly important because while federal

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 — Sens. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) issued the following statement Wednesday on upcoming votes regarding infrastructure and reconciliation legislation: “In the coming weeks, Congress has the

Government Accountability Office finds that under Trump Administration, the Pentagon put billions of dollars at risk by failing to identify and fight fraud WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 – The Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report Monday requested by Senate Budget Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and House Oversight and Reform Committee Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-N.Y.) that found the Department

BURLINGTON, Vt., Sept. 15 – Senate Budget Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders Wednesday issued the following statement after the Energy and Commerce Committee in the House of Representatives failed to include a critical provision allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices during a markup of reconciliation legislation: “I am very disappointed in the 29-29 vote on prescription drugs that was taken today