WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release on June 8, 2023: During a Senate Rules and Administration Committee hearing this week, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) called for continued support for election officials on the frontlines of our democracy. Sen. Welch also raised concerns about recent layoffs across big tech trust and safety teams dedicated to combatting election disinformation, and urged the Senate to pass comprehensive voting rights protectio  more

WASHINGTON, June 8 -- Rep. Claudia Tenney, R-New York, issued the following news release on June 7, 2023: Congresswoman Claudia Tenney (NY-24) introduced legislation today to include Wyoming County in the region covered by the Northern Border Regional Commission (NBRC). Created under the 2008 Farm Bill, the Northern Border Regional Commission is a regional economic development partnership involving federal, state, and local governments in the four northeastern states along the Northern Border,  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release on June 9, 2023: Today, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) announced a Lincoln Academy student, Noah Arbuckle, is one of the first-place winners of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) "Pollution Prevention Works: A Storytelling Challenge for Students." Noah created a video that features the semiconductor manufacturing company GlobalFoundries and the pollution prevention (P2) activities impl  more

BURLINGTON, Vermont, June 10 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following news release on June 9, 2023: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and the Vermont Department of Public Service today announced $1 million in federal funding will soon come to Vermont to establish sustainable energy projects at elementary, middle, and high schools across the state - as well as municipal buildings such as public libraries and town halls. The funds were secured by Sanders through the Congressionally Direc  more

WASHINGTON, June 8 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following news release and letter on June 7, 2023: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, on Wednesday sent a letter to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra urging the Biden Administration to protect patients and act to substantially reduce the price of an Alzheimer's treatment that is under review by the Food and Drug Administration (F  more

WASHINGTON, June 7 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following commentary to the Guardian from June 2, 2023: * * * I Could Not, In Good Conscience, Vote For The Debt Ceiling Bill * * * This bill cuts programs for the most vulnerable, and is totally unnecessary - why doesn't Biden invoke the 14th amendment? * * * Let's be clear. The original debt ceiling legislation that Republicans passed in the House would have, over a 10-year period, decimated the already inadequate social sa  more

WASHINGTON, June 8 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news release and letter: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, on Wednesday sent a letter to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra urging the Biden Administration to protect patients and act to substantially reduce the price of an Alzheimer's treatment that i  more

WASHINGTON, June 7 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news release on June 6, 2023: The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, chaired by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), will hold a hearing Thursday, June 8 at 10:00 a.m. ET titled, "Why Are So Many American Youth in a Mental Health Crisis? Exploring Causes and Solutions." In 2021, the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, the  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) addressed the Senate Agriculture Committee's Subcommittee on Food and Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Organics, and Research yesterday during a hearing on opportunities to support specialty crop producers in the 2023 Farm Bill. Welch's remarks centered on the important role specialty crop producers play in community health and environmental stewardship and highlighted the unique barriers  more

WASHINGTON, June 7 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release on June 6, 2023: Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) issued a statement today responding to the drug company Merck's lawsuit to block drug price negotiation provisions included in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). Welch was a key architect of the bill's drug pricing program and longtime advocate for lower drug prices and health care access. "This lawsuit is completely without merit and yet another example of Big Pharm  more

WASHINGTON, June 7 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release on June 6, 2023: Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) issued a statement today calling for free and fair elections and an end to corruption and impunity in Guatemala. Guatemala has long been plagued by corrupt elites who have abused their authority to remain in power and avoid accountability. The presidential election on June 25th offers an opportunity for the Guatemalan people to forge a new path and reject the crimina  more

BURLINGTON, Vermont, June 10 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release on June 9, 2023: Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) joined Burlington small business owners today to celebrate the introduction of the Credit Card Competition Act, bipartisan legislation to bring competition to the credit card network market, lower burdensome fees small businesses are charged when processing credit card transactions, and bring down costs for Vermonters. Joined by Homeport's Mark Bouchette, W  more

WASHINGTON, June 8 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release on June 7, 2023: Senator Peter Welch (D-VT), Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), and Senators Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-KS), and J.D. Vance (R-OH) today introduced the bipartisan, bicameral Credit Card Competition Act of 2023, legislation that would enhance competition and choice in the credit card network market which is currently dominated by the Visa-Mastercard duopoly. Building on debit card competitio  more

WASHINGTON, June 7 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release on June 6, 2023: Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) and Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) will today introduce legislation to reauthorize the Rural Energy Savings Program (RESP), a United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) initiative providing no-interest loans to rural utilities to help communities access cost-effective energy upgrades for homes and businesses. With support from RESP, rural utilities can finance proj  more