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WASHNGTON, May 17 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), a member of the Senate energy committee, issued the following statement today after the Senate blocked a bill to rescind $2 billion in annual taxpayer handouts  to the five biggest U.S. oil companies:   “I voted to end oil company subsidies because we have a $14 trillion national debt, because some of

Keynote Address by Senator Bernie Sanders Vermont/Sandia I want to start by saying thank you to everyone for being here today, in particular Assistant Secretary Pat Hoffman from the Department of Energy whose office has provided the funds not only for this conference, and for the smart grid investment in Vermont, but also other research activities that are taking place this year as part of

BURLINGTON, Vt., May 17 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) delivered the keynote address today at a conference on a cutting-edge Vermont initiative to improve energy efficiency, save consumers money and create good-paying jobs. Vermont was awarded $69 million in federal funds in 2009 to match an equal investment by the state’s utilities to develop a more efficient and more

BURLINGTON, Vt., May 17 – Vermont’s congressional delegation on Tuesday announced a $1 million U.S. Department of Labor grant to help young Vermonters earn their high school degrees and develop valuable skills. The grant is part of nearly $76 million in funding for YouthBuild programs that provide training to young people throughout the nation. The Vermont funding will go to

WASHINGTON, May 12 – The Department of Defense today committed more than $2.1 million for a one-year extension of a Vermont National Guard outreach program to help veterans returning from deployments in Afghanistan and elsewhere. The Vermont Guard program was funded since 2006 by federal grants secured by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), a member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee. 

WASHINGTON, May 11 – Non-emergency visits to hospital emergency rooms cost taxpayers billions of dollars a year, money that could be saved by expanding community health centers and other primary health care services, according to testimony at a Senate hearing today. A new Government Accountability Office study conservatively estimated that 8 percent of emergency room visits are not urgent. In