Press Releases

Children’s Defense Fund Supports ‘Foundations for Success’ WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has introduced legislation to provide child care and early education to all children six weeks old through kindergarten. The Foundations for Success Act would provide pre-school children with a full range of services, leading to success in school and critical support for hard-pressed families nationwide. “As we struggle to recover from

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) told a Senate panel today it is time for an aggressive national initiative to rebuild crumbling roads, bridges and railroads. A member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, Sanders spoke at a hearing on a long-term reauthorization of highway, transit and highway safety programs. In addition to addressing a backlog

Sen. Bernie Sanders chairs a hearing at 2:30 ET today to explore  whether the United States is competing with other nations for green jobs.  One of the witnesses is John Danner, CEO of Northern Power Systems, a next-generation wind turbine company based in Barre. Vt. Northern Power is the oldest wind turbine company in the US. Founded in 1974, it designs, manufactures,

Vermont Witness Testifies on Wind Power         WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) chaired a Senate hearing today to explore how the United States is competing with other nations for green jobs. With products ranging from laptop computers to American flags already made in China, the world’s second largest economy, the Asian nation is now moving aggressively to corner world markets for

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 – Is the recession over? Not according to hundreds of Vermonters who wrote to Sen. Bernie Sanders about struggling for three long years through the worst economy since the Great Depression. Sanders (I-Vt.) published a collection of the letters on the same day President Barack Obama unveiled a budget that gives tax breaks to the wealthiest Americans while taking help away from

BURLINGTON, Vt., Feb. 14 – The Vermont congressional delegation today opposed a White House budget proposal that would nearly cut in half a heating assistance program for seniors and low-income families with children. Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, said “heat in the winter is not a consumer choice. It’s not a luxury.” Instead of cutting heating assistance, Leahy