Press Releases

Says Speculator Curbs Would do More to Lower Gas Prices  Sen. Bernie Sanders Thursday applauded the decision by the United States and other oil-consuming countries to push down energy prices by releasing 60 million barrels of oil from government reserves. A member of the Senate energy committee, Sanders had called on President Obama to help lower prices by tapping the Strategic Petroleum

“Around the world there is growing concern about the dangers of nuclear power,” Sen. Bernie Sanders said in a Senate floor speech late Tuesday. After an earthquake and tsunami last March in Japan crippled the Fukushima nuclear reactors, Germany decided to close all 17 of its nuclear plants. Switzerland is phasing out nuclear power. Opposition to nuclear power in Italy is overwhelming. In

Poor Nutrition Drives Up Health Care Costs   WASHINGTON, June 21 – More than 5 million American seniors face the threat of hunger and 1 million a year go hungry, according to a report released today by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) at a hearing of a Senate panel he chairs. Poor nutrition can cause chronic diseases that require costly hospital or nursing

BURLINGTON, Vt., June 17 – On the last school day for most Vermont students, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) announced summer school and after-school programs that will receive funds to help more than 2,500 students. The awards will be shared by 27 programs that offer academic support, enrichment activities, and career exploration. “Study after study show that high-quality summer programs

•    Brattleboro Enrichment Activities for Middle Schoolers (BEAMS) Summer Switch Program –$20,000 (Brattleboro) Funding will expand Brattleboro Area Middle School’s tremendously successful one-week summer program for at-risk 7th and 8th graders, to a two-week program.  BEAMS’ service-learning projects and outdoor education curriculum will be expanded, supporting students’ academic, social, and personal success through engaging thematic units on topics of interest

Sen. Bernie Sanders on Thursday blasted the Nuclear Regulatory Commission during an appearance before a Senate panel for asking the Department of Justice to intervene in an Entergy Corp. lawsuit against the state of Vermont over the future of the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant. “I was deeply disturbed that the commissioners of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission today refused to make