Press Releases

BURLINGTON, Vt., Aug. 31 – The U.S. Department of Transportation released $5 million in emergency funds to rebuild and repair roads and bridges destroyed or damaged in Vermont by Tropical Storm Irene, Vermont’s congressional delegation announced today.   U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood on Tuesday evening notified U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), a member of the Senate Transportation and Infrastructure

U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Craig Fugate inspected heavily-damaged areas of Vermont on Tuesday. He was joined by Sen. Bernie Sanders, Rep. Peter Welch  and Gov. Peter Shumlin at stops in  Ludlow, Wilmington, and Brattleboro. They also flew over other flood-damaged parts of the state to assess damage from Tropical Storm Irene. “We have got some very, very serious problems,” Sanders said. Sanders

BURLINGTON, Vt., Aug. 26 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) reacts to the State Department’s announcement on the Keystone XL pipeline: “I continue to oppose the tar sands Keystone XL Pipeline and disagree strongly with the Administration that there would be limited environmental impacts. This pipeline would provide markets for the dirtiest oil on Earth, oil which the EPA has found emits 82 percent more carbon pollution

Sometimes we all tend to take things for granted and we forget that Social Security is the most successful government program in our nation’s history.  Let’s be clear.  For more than 75 years, Social Security has, in good times and bad, paid out every nickel owed to every eligible American.  Social Security has succeeded in keeping millions of senior citizens, widows and orphans and the disabled out of

BURLINGTON, Vt., Aug. 25 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders announced today that he will introduce legislation when Congress reconvenes to strengthen and preserve Social Security. Since it was signed into law 76 years ago this month, Social Security has kept millions of senior citizens, widows, orphans, and the disabled out of poverty.  To keep Social Security strong for another 75 years, Sanders’ legislation would apply the

WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 – Sen. Bernie Sanders today said federal regulators should stop thumbing their noses at a year-old law and enforce limits on excessive speculation in oil markets. He cited secret data collected by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission which showed that Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and other banks and hedge funds dominated oil markets in 2008 when prices rose sharply and topped $140