Press Releases

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 – Vermont’s congressional delegation – Sens. Patrick Leahy (D) and Bernie Sanders (I) and Rep. Peter Welch (D) – today announced a $1.7 million grant to put unemployed Vermonters to work helping clean up and recover from Tropical Storm Irene. The Department of Labor grant will create 100 temporary jobs assisting with clean-up, demolition, repair, renovation, and reconstruction of destroyed public structures,

BURLINGTON, Vt., Sept. 19  – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement today on the death of John Curran of The Associated Press: “John Curran made Vermont part of the AP mission ‘to bring fast, unbiased news from every corner of the world.’ I appreciated his coverage of veterans issues that are important to many Vermonters and to John, a proud

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 – Sen. Bernie Sanders issued the following statement today on a deficit-reduction plan proposed by President Barak Obama: “At a time when 25 million Americans don’t have a full-time job and when millions of middle-class Americans have slipped into poverty, I am glad that the president has listened to the American people and will not balance the budget on the backs of the

MADISON, Wis., Sept. 17 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today welcomed reports that President Barack Obama won’t include changes to Social Security benefits in his proposal to reduce long-term deficits. “I am delighted that the White House has decided not to cut benefits under the program that has kept millions of retirees out of poverty,” said Sanders. “Social Security

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 – Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today hoped for quick House approval next week of a Senate-passed bill to provide $6.9 billion in additional federal disaster relief funds for Vermont and other states. The measure includes $5.1 billion in funding for the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s disaster relief fund. Of that, $500 million would be available immediately. The rest would

The U.S. Senate late Thursday approved a bill to allocate additional federal disaster relief funds that are crucial for recovery in Vermont and other states in the aftermath of Hurricane/Tropical Storm Irene. The Senate approved the measure by a vote of 62 to 37. Vermont’s two senators – Senator Patrick Leahy (D) and Senator Bernie Sanders (I) — had fought