Press Releases

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 – Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Representative Peter Welch (D-Vt.) Wednesday announced $291,965 in Land and Water Conservation Fund grants to six communities across Vermont.  The grants are awarded by the National Park Service and will be used to restore and grow parks and build community playgrounds. In a joint statement, Leahy, Sanders

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 – In a Senate floor speech today, Sen. Bernie Sanders said he will introduce legislation to provide public funding of elections to replace a “corrupt” system of “legalized bribery’ with candidates “begging for contributions from the wealthy and the powerful.” “We are talking about a rapid movement in this country toward oligarchy, toward a government owned and

WASHINGTON, August 3– Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement today after voting against a motion to start debate on a bill to cut all funding to Planned Parenthood: “For decades, Republicans have been trying to deny a woman the right to control her own body. The bill on the floor today was nothing more than a continuation of

WASHINGTON, July 30 – Addressing a rally outside the Capitol to mark the 50th anniversary of Medicare, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today announced that he will introduce legislation to provide Medicare-for-all health insurance. “We need to expand Medicare to cover every man, woman and child as a single-payer national health care program,” Sanders told a rally held by National Nurses

WASHINGTON, July 29 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement today as Senate Republicans pushed for a vote on legislation to cut $500 million in annual funding for Planned Parenthood: “The attempt by Senate Republicans to cut off support for Planned Parenthood is an attack on women’s health. Stripping funding for Planned Parenthood would punish the 2.7 million

WASHINGTON, July 29, 2015  – Today, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security, and Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to the United States Conference of Mayors and the National Association of Counties urging their members to follow the lead of