Press Releases

WASHINGTON, July 31 – More than 4,600 Vermonters are due an average $807 rebate on their health insurance premiums by tomorrow under a provision in the new national health care law, Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) said today. The Vermont average rebate is greater than any other state. In all, 4,636 Vermont policy holders – all covered by

WASHINGTON, July 30 – In a summer of record heat, severe drought, extreme storms, melting glaciers and raging wildfires, Sen. Bernie Sanders today challenged claims by a leading Republican senator who dismisses global warming as a “hoax.” Sanders (I-Vt.), in a  speech prepared for delivery to the Senate later today, rebutted what he called “myths” espoused by Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.), the ranking Republican on

BURLINGTON, Vt., July 27 – As the Summer Olympics open today in London.  U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders singled out Lea Davison, Trevor Moore and Andrew Wheating, three Vermonters representing the United States in the world’s most prestigious athletic competition. Lea Davison won the first mountain bike race she ever entered when she was 17 years old.  A native of Jericho, Vt., Lea competed in cross country

WASHINGTON, July 25 – The Federal Emergency Management Agency has agreed to fund repairs to damage along the Lamoille Valley Rail Trail caused last year by spring storms and Tropical Storm Irene, Sens. Patrick Leahy and Bernie Sanders and Rep. Peter Welch announced today. “We appreciate FEMA’s careful consideration and support for the trail which is an incredible asset for Vermonters and visitors alike,” the delegation

WASHINGTON, July 25 – In remarks prepared for the 19th International AIDS Conference, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today called for reforming patent laws that boost pharmaceutical industry profits and make HIV/AIDS medicine so expensive in the United States that many patients cannot afford treatment and die. “To me, one of the great moral issues of our day is that there are people suffering and, in some cases,

WASHINGTON, July 25 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement today after the Senate voted 51-48 to extend tax cuts for most working Americans and end Bush-era tax breaks for the wealthy: “With a $16 trillion national debt and a $1 trillion deficit, we cannot continue to give tax breaks to millionaires and billionaires. This is a step forward in ending the Bush-era tax