Press Releases

WASHINGTON, April 26 – The Senate voted 68-31 Thursday to renew the Violence Against Women Act, the federal law to help women and children escape abuse. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) was a cosponsor of the bill authored by Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.). “The act has been extremely successful in Vermont and across the country,” Sanders said. “While we are reducing the incidence of domestic violence, much

WASHINGTON, April 25 – The Senate today voted 62-37 for a bill that Sen. Bernie Sanders helped craft to modernize the U.S. Postal Service, save tens of thousands of jobs and spare rural post offices and scores of mail sorting plants threatened with closure. Sanders (I-Vt.) said a processing center at White River Junction, Vt., would remain open and 15 rural Vermont post offices are likely

WASHINGTON, April 24 – Sen. Bernie Sanders announced today that the U.S. Postal Service has developed a new list of mail sorting plants that it will keep open, including the mail processing center at White River Junction, Vt. The plant employs 250 workers and was previously slated for closure. “This statement today by the Postal Service is a major step forward in our effort to keep

WASHINGTON, April 23 – A new report today by Social Security trustees showed the program’s trust fund has $2.7 trillion in reserves and will grow to $3.06 trillion by 2021, enough to maintain the unbroken record of paying every nickel owed to every beneficiary in full for another two decades. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has introduced legislation to strengthen Social Security and guarantee benefits for 75

BURLINGTON, Vt., April 23 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today highlighted Vermont’s progress in using geothermal technology to cut heating costs, support jobs and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Investments in geothermal energy will reduce the $350 billion a year that Americans spend to import oil from foreign countries.  In Vermont alone, homeowners and businesses rely on fossil fuel for 83 percent of the state’s heating

BURLINGTON, Vt., April 20 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders issued the following statement on Sunday’s observance of the 42nd annual Earth Day: “If we are serious about protecting the planet and improving our economy, America’s energy future must focus on energy efficiency and renewable energy. If we are successful in transforming our energy system to sustainable sources of energy, we