Press Releases

BURLINGTON, Vt., May 1  – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today issued the following statement after President Barack Obama nominated telecommunications industry lobbyist Tom Wheeler to head the Federal Communications Commission: “The appointment of a chairman of the Federal Communications Commission is a matter of enormous consequence. Before the Senate votes on Mr. Wheeler’s confirmation, the American people deserve to know

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