Press Releases

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today announced that the federal government designated three new community health centers in Vermont to increase from eight to 11 the number of health centers that will provide primary care for some 163,000 patients throughout the state. “This is a huge step forward for health care in Vermont in providing high-quality, affordable

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement today after the Commodity Futures Trading Commission made a second attempt to curb speculation by traders in oil and certain other commodities: “The good news is that the CFTC has finally proposed a new rule to limit the amount of oil that Wall Street speculators can trade on the

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement tonight after the Senate voted 61 – 30 to advance a bill that would prohibit workplace discrimination against gay, bisexual and transgender Americans: “I am very pleased that the Senate took a step closer to protecting gays from workplace discrimination. Vermont has prohibited discrimination based on sexual orientation since

WILLISTON, Vt., Nov. 4 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today was joined by Gov. Peter Shumlin and representatives of IBM, Sandia National Laboratories and the U.S. Department of Energy to launch the Vermont Photovoltaic Regional Test Center. The center will research ways to cut the cost of solar power and integrate solar energy into Vermont’s statewide smart grid. The

BURLINGTON, Vt., Nov. 2 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) announced today that a petition he helped organize in opposition to cuts in Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid has collected almost a half-million names. Sanders is a member of the special Senate and House committee appointed in the wake of last month’s partial government shutdown to come up with a

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said a special congressional committee that met today for the first time should promote jobs and the economy without cutting Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and other benefits for working families.  “At a time when less than 10 percent of the American people approve of the job that Congress is doing, it’s time