Press Releases

BURLINGTON, March 23 – Vermont’s congressional delegation – Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) – on Wednesday applauded the announcement by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) to expand assistance to Vermont for the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (FFVP). Vermont is slated to receive nearly $1.8 million to help provide free fresh

WASHINGTON, March 22 – The Vermont congressional delegation has called on the Army and National Guard to continue funding an essential outreach program for Vermont veterans returning from deployments in Afghanistan and elsewhere. The Vermont Guard’s first-of-its-kind outreach program was funded since 2006 by federal grants secured by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), a member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee. 

BURLINGTON, Vt., March 21 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement on today’s Supreme Court order leaving intact a 2010 federal appeals court decision that the Federal Reserve must divulge the identity of commercial banks that received emergency loans from the central bank during the financial crisis: “The Supreme Court order is another major victory for the American

Federal regulators on Monday gave the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant a 20-year license renewal. Sen. Bernie Sanders said the Nuclear Regulatory Commission action “defies comprehension.” He had urged the NRC to reconsider in the aftermath of the disaster at a tsunami-damaged nuclear power plant in Japan. Sanders on Friday sent a letter to President Obama calling for a moratorium on

BURLINGTON, Vt., March 21 – The Vermont congressional delegation issued the following statement in response to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission decision to formally issue a 20-year license extension for the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant: “It is hard to understand how the NRC could move forward with a license extension for Vermont Yankee at exactly the same time as a nuclear

Five-Point Emergency Plan Also Calls for Independent Probe BURLINGTON, Vt., March 20 – In the aftermath of the nuclear disaster in Japan, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders urged the White House to form a presidential commission on nuclear safety in the United States as part of a five-point crisis response. In a letter to President Barack Obama, Sanders (I-Vt.) also asked