WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release on May 4, 2023: Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) joined WCAX and the Gray TV network to call for improved postal service across rural America. Senator Welch, a longtime leader on postal issues, stressed that USPS, under the leadership of Postmaster Louis DeJoy, has failed to convey a plan to address delayed postal service in rural communities, staffing shortages, equipment failures, and other serious challenges. "We'  more

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following news release on May 4, 2023: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, and Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) on Thursday introduced legislation to cut the price of prescription drugs under Medicare in half by requiring Medicare to pay no more for prescription drugs than the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). If this legislation were signed into law, Medicare wo  more

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news release: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, and Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) on Thursday introduced legislation to cut the price of prescription drugs under Medicare in half by requiring Medicare to pay no more for prescription drugs than the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release on May 1, 2023: Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) met today, on International Workers' Day, with Julie Su, who has been nominated by President Biden to serve as Secretary of the Department of Labor. Su, who is currently Acting Secretary of Labor and served as Deputy Secretary of Labor prior to the departure of former Secretary Marty Walsh, advanced out of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee last  more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release on May 5, 2023: Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) addressed the Vermont Foodbank's annual Hunger Action Conference in Killington, Vermont, today, sharing his perspective as Vermont's voice on the United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, which oversees federal support for food banks and food assistance programs. The conference brought together representatives from the Vermont Foodbank, the University of Vermont Pr  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release on May 2, 2023: Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) today joined the Senate Committee on the Judiciary's hearing on Supreme Court Ethics Reform to call for the creation of a code of conduct for members of the Supreme Court, amidst a series of reports of ethical impropriety among the Justices. Although public confidence in the Supreme Court is at an all-time low, the court has no formal code of conduct. Sen. Welch centere  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: In a Tuesday floor speech, Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) laid out the catastrophic economic effects of defaulting on our national debt, after House Republicans made clear they are willing to risk default to force substantial cuts to programs that create jobs, support working families, and increase revenue for the federal government. Senator Welch, who has represented Vermonters in Washington since 2006 and was a   more