Press Releases

BURLINGTON, Vt., Sept. 27 – Vermont is in line to receive up to $3.1 million over the next 5 years as part of one of the country’s largest investments ever in promoting good health, the Vermont congressional delegation announced today. Vermont will be a leader in the new national initiative that also will limit spending by avoiding costly, chronic diseases in the first place, according

BURLINGTON, Vt., Sept. 27 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today told a rally of Postal Service workers that he is crafting legislation to maintain mail service to communities throughout Vermont and avert cuts that could cost thousands of workers their jobs. As the financially-troubled Postal Service considers cutbacks across the country, 15 Vermont post offices and two mail processing

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 – Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement after the Senate tonight voted for a resolution to continue funding the Federal Emergency Management Agency and other agencies: “While much remains to be done to rebuild Vermont, the Senate found a solution that keeps emergency disaster assistance flowing to Vermont and other states. We

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 – The Community College of Vermont will receive a $2.5 million job-training grant from the U.S. Department of Labor, the Vermont congressional delegation announced today. The grant comes through a career training program, said Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vt.). “The Community College of Vermont has a proven record of effective service to students, communities, and employers

BURLINGTON, Vt., Sept. 25, U.S. Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) will hold a press conference at 11 a.m. on Monday at Burlington International Airport before flying to Washington, D.C., for a planned Senate vote on disaster assistance.  The Senate plans to vote Monday evening on a bill to release new money for the Federal Emergency Management Agency

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 – Sen. Bernie Sanders denounced a stopgap spending measure that the House passed after midnight this morning saying it would shortchange disaster assistance for Vermont. “Republicans for the first time in the modern history of this country are denying emergency relief to states that have been devastated by disasters.  They should be ashamed,” Sanders said. Heavy flooding