Press Releases

WASHINGTON, April 26 – Citing growing needs and rising costs for the nation’s rapidly expanding population of seniors, a group of two dozen senators on Friday called for a significant funding increase for Older Americans Act programs like Meals on Wheels. “There are few better investments than the cost-effective programs that millions of older adults depend on for a healthy

WASHINGTON, April 25 – The chairman and ranking member of the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs today proposed legislation to help the Department of Veterans Affairs meet its goal to eliminate veteran homelessness by 2015. The Homeless Veterans Prevention Act of 2013 is sponsored by Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Richard Burr (R-N.C.), the chairman and ranking member of the

WASHINGTON, April 24 – Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) announced today that Vermont Rural Ventures will receive $40 million in federal tax credits to spur economic development projects throughout the state. The New Markets Tax Credit Program was established by Congress in 2000 to spur investment of private capital in economic development

WASHINGTON, April 24 – The Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs today held a hearing on how the Department of Veterans Affairs is reaching out to make veterans aware of benefits they are entitled to receive.  “In many areas, the VA does an enormously good job, but no matter how good the programs are it doesn’t mean anything if veterans don’t

WASHINGTON, April 24 – Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) told St. Johnsbury Fire Department Chief Troy Ruggles that his four-year quest to replace the department’s 36-year-old ladder truck is complete. Leahy, Sanders and Welch announced that a $475,000 Federal Emergency Management Agency grant will help the department replace its 1976 tower truck

WASHINGTON, April 23 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today chaired a Senate hearing on potential solutions to severe shortages in the nation’s primary care workforce. “In the United States today, some 45,000 people unnecessarily die each year because they don’t get to a doctor in time,” Sanders said. “Major reforms in primary care will save lives and save billions in health