Press Releases

WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 – The Senate tonight approved and sent to President Barack Obama legislation funding emergency relief for Vermont and other states recovering from natural disasters like Tropical Storm Irene. “Irene will go down in history as one of the worst natural disasters ever to hit our state,” said Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). “There is no doubt that Vermonters

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 – Senator Patrick Leahy (D), Senator Bernie Sanders (I) and Congressman Peter Welch (D) Wednesday announced that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has awarded Burlington’s Cathedral Square Corporation a $4,885,200 grant to add 28 rent subsidized apartments for seniors to the 33 senior apartments now under construction. According to Cathedral Square Executive Director Nancy Eldridge, the grant

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 – Senate and House negotiators agreed today to provide much-needed disaster assistance for Vermont.  The agreement on funds  to repair roads and bridges destroyed by Tropical Storm Irene sets the stage for final congressional passage of the measure later this week: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement today: “This is an important step toward providing Vermont the help it needs and

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 – Sen. Bernie Sanders(I-Vt.), a member of the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, issued the following statement as the nation marked Veterans Day:  “On this Veterans Day we are reminded of the everyday reality that we owe our veterans in Vermont and across the United States the care they were promised and the benefits that they have

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 – Sen. Bernie Sanders(I-Vt.) issued the following statement after learning that the State Department would delay a decision on the Keystone XL pipeline: “The tar sands pipeline project would be a disaster for global warming, the environment and the American economy. “I appreciated the recent decision by the inspector general to conduct a special review into possible conflicts of interest in the State Department’s

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 – A Senate panel today approved and sent to the full Senate a two-year transportation funding bill to repair crumbling roads, bridges and railroads and fund other transportation projects. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), a member of the Environment and Public Works committee, voted for the measure that included provisions he added to help Vermont. Sanders said the bill would boost Vermont’s overall share