Press Releases

WASHINGTON, May 9 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement today after President Obama announced that he supports same-sex marriage: “I applaud the president’s historic announcement and his commitment to equal rights for all Americans.  I am proud to represent the first state in the country to allow civil unions and the first state where the Legislature allowed

WASHINGTON, May 9 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today welcomed Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe’s decision to abandon plans to close 3,600 rural post offices, including 15 in Vermont, but voiced reservations about a new plan to cut hours of operation. Sanders called on the House to pass a Postal Service reform bill that a bipartisan majority of senators approved on

WASHINGTON, May 7 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement today on Sunday’s elections in France and elsewhere in Europe where voters rejected austerity measures unfairly shouldered by working families:  “In the United States and around the world, the middle class is in steep decline while the wealthy and large corporations are doing phenomenally well. The message sent

BURLINGTON, Vt., May 1 – Vermont’s first community health center facility in Addison County will be built and an Essex County site will be refurbished with $2.2 million in new Affordable Care Act grants that the Vermont congressional delegation announced today. The Community Health Centers of the Rutland Region, based in Bomoseen, Vt., was awarded $1.3 million to construct an

Prepared Statement By Sen. Bernie Sanders at the United Against The War On Women Event in Montpelier, Vt. I want to thank Erin Narey and the “United Against the War on Women” campaign for organizing this event. I also want to thank Governor Madeleine Kunin, not only for her excellent remarks today, but for her years of service to the

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