Press Releases

BURLINGTON, Vt., May 24 – Vermont’s congressional delegation – Sen. Bernie Sanders, Sen. Patrick Leahy and Rep. Peter Welch — announced today that firefighters throughout Vermont will receive $679,285 through three federal grants. The three grants include $500,000 for a firefighting training simulator at Vermont Firefighting Academy in Pittsford; $142,858 for breathing apparatus for 20 firefighters in Bellows Falls; and $36,427 for

WASHINGTON, 23 de mayo – El Senador Bernie Sanders urgió a sus colegas demócratas del Senado a que rechacen un proyecto de ley presentado la semana pasada en la Cámara de Representantes que establecería una junta de control para monitorear la crisis financiera de Puerto Rico. “Tenemos que tomar una decisión importante,” Sanders escribió en una carta a los demócratas

WASHINGTON, May 23 – Sen. Bernie Sanders called on his Democratic colleagues in the Senate to oppose legislation introduced in the House of Representatives last week that would establish a control board to oversee Puerto Rico’s financial crisis. “We have an important choice to make,” Sanders wrote in a letter to Senate Democrats, “do we stand with the working people

WASHINGTON, May 20 – Sen. Bernie Sanders issued the following statement after the final text of the Toxic Substances Control Act was released: “The need for chemical safety reform has been set aside for far too long. While this legislation allows Vermont to continue enforcing existing state regulations to keep adults and children safe from toxic chemicals such as PFOA,

WASHINGTON, May 19 – Sen. Bernie Sanders issued the following statement today after House Republicans unveiled legislation to address Puerto Rico’s financial crisis: “The legislation that was announced today to establish an unelected control board in Puerto Rico is a move in exactly the wrong direction. “This undemocratic board would have the power to slash pensions, cut education and health care,

WASHINGTON, May 19 – A bipartisan bill introduced by Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) to ensure that severely disabled veterans receive quality care from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) passed today as an amendment to the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development/Military Construction and Veterans Affairs appropriations package being considered in the Senate this week. The amendment