Press Releases

WASHINGTON, June 8 – Five Vermont airports are in line for $1.2 million in Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) funds to conduct repairs and enhancements, the state’s congressional delegation – Sen. Patrick Leahy, Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Peter Welch – announced today. The funds will be shared among Burlington International Airport, Middlebury State Airport, Rutland/Southern Vermont Regional Airport, Caledonia County

WASHINGTON, June 7 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.) today introduced the most sweeping legislation ever to address the national crisis in dental care. As many as 130 million Americans do not have dental insurance, according to a report prepared for Sanders as chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Primary Health and Aging. One quarter

WASHINGTON, June 6 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today told U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan that it is unacceptable to exclude Vermont and many other rural states from a major federal grant program. “It is unacceptable that nearly $5 billion of federal “Race to the Top” funding has been distributed while Vermont and many other states have not received a

WASHINGTON, June 5 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today issued the following statement after Senate Republicans blocked consideration a bill that calls for equal pay for equal work:  “At a time when women make an average of 77 cents for every dollar earned by men, I am disappointed that every Republican in the Senate voted to filibuster the paycheck fairness

WASHINGTON, June 4 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today urged President Barack Obama to replace Gary Gensler as the Commodity Futures Trading Commission chairman with someone who will enforce speculation limits on Wall Street oil and gas traders. Sanders said Wall Street speculators were responsible for a spike in crude oil prices that, in turn, artificially drove up gasoline prices this spring to a nationwide average

SPRINGFIELD, Vt., June 1 – Speaking here at the site of a soon-to-open dental clinic, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said today that Vermont is making progress on access to affordable dental care, but more must be done in Vermont and the nation to address the national crisis. More than 130 million Americans do not have dental insurance, according to a