Press Releases

WASHINGTON, June 19 – Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today announced that Vermont will receive $7.9 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation to upgrade the New England Central Railroad in northern Vermont. The federal grant will be used to rehabilitate 19 miles of track between St. Albans and the Canadian border in Alburgh with new rail, ballast

WASHINGTON, June 19 – The Senate late on Monday agreed to consider an amendment by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) to the farm bill that would let states require clear labels on any food or beverage containing genetically engineered ingredients. A vote on the amendment is expected later this week. The Vermont Legislature earlier this year considered a bill that would have required labels on genetically engineered

BURLINGTON, Vt., June 18 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today spoke at a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the opening of a new $11 million home for the Community Health Center of Burlington. “As chairman of the subcommittee on primary health care, I am proud that I have helped lead the fight to more than double funding for community health centers to address the primary health

WASHINGTON, June 14 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today proposed an amendment to the farm bill that would let states require that any food or beverage containing genetically engineered ingredients be clearly labeled. The Vermont Legislature earlier this year considered a bill that would have required labels on foods that contain genetically engineered ingredients. The House Agriculture Committee heard testimony from 111 citizens and hundreds more

WASHINGTON, June 13 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today questioned Kristine Svinicki at a hearing on her nomination for a second term on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. At the confirmation hearing held by the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, Sanders focused on the commission’s proper role in ensuring plant safety and on issues surrounding the relicensing of the problem-plagued

WASHINGTON, June 12 – The Vermont congressional delegation – Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), and Congressman Peter Welch (D-Vt.) — announced Tuesday that Vermonter Harold J. Howrigan Jr. has been appointed to the National Dairy Promotion and Research Board by U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. Howrigan, who is part of one of Vermont’s most well-known farming families, lives in Fairfield.  The Howrigan family own