WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following news release on March 15, 2023: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee (HELP), today along with Ranking Member Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-La.), Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.), and Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) requested input from public health officials, health care providers, and other stakeholders on policies the Committee should consider during the reauthorization of the Pa  more

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news release on March 15, 2023: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee (HELP), today along with Ranking Member Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-La.), Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah), and Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) requested input from public health officials, health care providers, and other stakeholders on polici  more

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- Rep. Becca Balint, D-Vermont, issued the following news release and letter on March 15, 2023: Rep. Becca Balint and nine other members submitted a comment letter to Federal Agencies heads regarding a proposed rule by the Education Department, the Homeland Security Department, the Agriculture Department, the Agency for International Development, the Housing and Urban Development Department, the Justice Department, the Labor Department, the Veterans Affairs Department, and  more

BURLINGTON, Vermont, March 13 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following statement on March 12, 2023: * * * Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Sunday issued the following statement on Silicon Valley Bank. "Let's be clear. The failure of Silicon Valley Bank is a direct result of an absurd 2018 bank deregulation bill signed by Donald Trump that I strongly opposed. Five years ago, the Republican Director of the Congressional Budget Office released a report finding that this legislation  more

MORRISVILLE, Vermont, March 15 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) convened a roundtable discussion Friday to discuss the current state of hunger and nutrition in Lamoille County. The conversation centered on the changing nature of hunger in Vermont, where food pantries and support organizations have seen higher demand than before the pandemic, suggesting a growing need for food and nutrition assistance. Sen. Welch was joined by represen  more

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release on March 14, 2023: Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) joined Senators Patty Murray (D-WA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and 45 other Senate colleagues in introducing the Women's Health Protection Act of 2023, legislation to guarantee a federal right to abortion. The bill's introduction follows the Supreme Court's ruling in Dobbs vs. Jackson Women's Health Organization which repealed Roe v. Wade an  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release and letter: This week, Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) joined Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-NJ), Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) in urging the State Department to hold Guatemalan officials accountable for corruption and update   more

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release and letters: U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) joined Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Chair of the Democratic Policy and Communications Committee (DPCC), along with 16 of their colleagues late Monday in sending letters to seven of the nation's largest retail pharmacies urging them to provide the strongest possible legal access to mifepristone for pa  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release on March 16, 2023: In a Senate Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry Committee Hearing held today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) urged United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack to support Vermont farmers, producers, and small businesses. Welch, who chairs the Agriculture Committee's Subcommittee on Rural Development and Energy, outlined several of his Farm Bill priorities, including s  more