Press Releases

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 – Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Congressman Peter Welch (D-Vt.) – who have long championed the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) – Friday announced $17 million in funds to assist Vermonters seeking help to meet their home heating needs this winter, only days after the first snowfall of the season. In a joint

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said today Puerto Rico should be allowed to restructure its debt in a way that protects residents, ordinary investors and pension funds in the United States. “The economic situation in Puerto Rico will not improve by eliminating more public schools, slashing pensions, laying off workers and allowing corporations to pay workers starvation

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) sent a letter today to U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew urging the administration to take concrete steps to support Puerto Rico. “Since 2006, Puerto Rico has lost 20 percent of its jobs,” Sanders wrote. “About 60 percent of Puerto Rico’s adult population are unemployed or are not looking for work.  Over the

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, called today for immediate action to lift the debt ceiling and end across-the-board budget cuts. “At a time of massive wealth and income inequality, let’s work together on a budget that is fair,” Sanders said during a Budget Committee hearing. “Let’s end sequestration.  And, at

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today asked the Department of Justice to investigate potential fraud by Exxon Mobil Corp. over conflicts in what it knew and what it told the public and shareholders about the cause of climate change. In a letter to Attorney General Loretta Lynch, Sanders asked for a probe into what he called a

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9  – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) issued the following statement after failing to receive a response from Turing Pharmaceuticals explaining why the company dramatically hiked prices overnight on a lifesaving drug: “Two months ago, former hedge fund manager and Turing CEO Martin Shkreli purchased Daraprim—a drug taken by cancer and AIDS patients—and increased