Press Releases

WASHINGTON, June 29 – Sen. Bernie Sanders issued the following statement opposing the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act: “This is a terrible piece of legislation, setting horrific precedent and must not be passed. The United States of America should not treat Puerto Rico like a colony. “We cannot and must not take away the democratic rights of

VERMONT –  Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), and Congressman Peter Welch (D-VT) today announced thatVermont has received $2.1 million in AmeriCorps funding. The grants are from the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), the federal agency for volunteering and service programs. In a joint statement, Leahy, Sanders, and Welch said, “Since its inception, AmeriCorps has made

WASHINGTON, June 28 – Sen. Bernie Sanders issued the following statement days before Vermont’s first-in-the nation GMO labeling law takes effect: “On Friday, Vermont will become the first state in the nation to require GMO labeling. This is a triumph for ordinary Americans over the powerful interests of Monsanto and other multi-national food industry corporations. We cannot allow Vermont’s law

BURLINGTON, Vt., June 27 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders issued the following statement today after the Supreme Court, in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt, struck down a Texas law restricting access to abortion: “Today the Supreme Court reaffirmed that access to a safe and legal abortion is a woman’s constitutional right, a right which cannot be blocked by extreme, Republican politicians.

WASHINGTON, June 23 – Sen. Bernie Sanders issued the following statement regarding new legislation put forward by Sens. Debbie Stabenow and Pat Roberts to require labeling of genetically modified food: “I am very proud that Vermont has led the country in GMO labeling. This bill would preempt what Vermont and other states have done. GMO labeling exists in dozens of

WASHINGTON, June 20 – Sen. Bernie Sanders issued the following statement today prior to voting in favor of gun safety amendments put forward by Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Chris Murphy: “Frankly, these Democratic amendments are no-brainers. It is incomprehensible to me, and I believe to the vast majority of Americans, as to why Republicans would oppose them. “Sen. Feinstein’s and