Press Releases

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 – Sen. Bernie Sanders today blasted the American Hospital Association for lobbying Congress to cut Medicare benefits by increasing the eligibility age from 65 to 67. The senator also criticized the hospital lobby for advocating a big jump – from 25 percent to 35 percent – in what Medicare patients pay for each visit to a doctor. “I find it disgraceful that the

ED SCHULTZ: Joining us now, Vermont Senator, Independent, Bernie Sanders. You’re on the Ed Schultz radio show. Senator, good to have you with us. SEN. BERNIE SANDERS (I), VERMONT: Good to be with you, Ed. SCHULTZ: Did you expect the Occupy movement to get this big and go this far? What’s your pulse on this right now? SANDERS: Well, I

SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt., Oct. 1 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Maj. Gen. Michael Dubie, the Vermont National Guard commander, today marked completion of one of the largest solar installations in Vermont and one of the largest solar projects on any National Guard base in the country.  The chairman of the Senate Green Jobs Subcommittee, Sanders helped secure $8.5

Vermont’s congressional delegation – Sens. Patrick Leahy and Bernie Sanders and Rep. Peter Welch – today announced a $659,784 grant to the Vermont New Farmer Network (VNFN). The grant will allow VNFN to provide training and assistance to beginning farmers and ranchers to help them run successful and sustainable farms. The Vermont New Farmers Network is a working group of agricultural organizations committed to serving

BURLINGTON, Vt., Sept. 29 – U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood will join Sen. Bernie Sanders on the weekly “Brunch with Bernie” radio and television program on Friday. Sanders, a member of the Senate Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee, has advocated much-needed investments in rebuilding roads and bridges and railroads as a way to create good-paying jobs. LaHood one month ago freed up $5 million in emergency highway

BURLINGTON, Vt., Sept. 29 – Warning of a “severe winter health emergency,” U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders today urged President Barack Obama to budget at least $5.1 billion in the coming year for home heating assistance. The White House in February asked Congress to cut in half funding for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program which helps senior citizens, persons with disabilities, and low-income families with