Press Releases

Madam President, the American people are angry. They are angry because they are living through the worst recession since the great depression. Unemployment is not 8.2%, real unemployment is closer to 15%. Young people who are graduating high school and graduating college, they’re going out into the world, they want to become independent, they want to work, and there are no jobs. There are

WASHINGTON, June 25 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement today after the U.S. Supreme Court reversed a Montana Supreme Court ruling that allowed limits on campaign contributions: “I am extremely disappointed but not surprised that the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the Montana court ruling that would have allowed limits on campaign contributions. “The U.S. Supreme Court’s absurd 5-4 ruling two years ago in Citizens

NEWPORT, Vt. – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) helped cut a ribbon today at a ceremony marking the opening of a new Newport Outpatient Clinic for veterans. “As a member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, I have worked hard to make sure that Vermont veterans get the quality health care they have earned and deserve,” Sanders said. “I am happy to say that we

BURLINGTON, Vt., June 22 – Vermont’s congressional delegation – Sen. Patrick Leahy, Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Peter Welch – today announced that 4,636 Vermonters will benefit from $2,346,018 in rebates from insurance companies this summer under a provision in the Affordable Care Act. The health care law requires insurance companies to spend at least 80 percent of consumers’ premium dollars on medical

WASHINGTON, June 21 – Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said a farm bill that the Senate approved today includes provisions that would help Vermont’s family farms. One provision would provide insurance to farmers, at modest rates, that would pay them if the price of producing milk falls to $4 dollars above the price of selling milk. Farmers could buy supplemental insurance for a

WASHINGTON, June 21 – The Senate today rejected an amendment by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) to let states require clear labels on any food or beverage containing genetically engineered ingredients. The vote was 26 to 73. “This is the very first time a bill on labeling genetically engineered food has been brought before the Senate. It was opposed by virtually every major food corporation in the