BERLIN, Vermont, Aug. 26 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: Governor Phil Scott, Senator Bernie Sanders, Senator Peter Welch and Congresswoman Becca Balint, together with the Northern Border Regional Commission (NBRC), announced Thursday that 13 Vermont communities will be receiving a combined $10.8 million from NBRC's Catalyst Program. "These funds will make a significant difference in Vermont committees across the state, including supporting clean water initia  more

BURLINGTON, Vermont, Aug. 23 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following news release on Aug. 22, 2023: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, on Tuesday sent a letter to RWJ Barnabas Health's President and Chief Executive Officer Mark E. Manigan urging him to bargain in good faith with United Steel Workers (USW) Local 4-200 and come to an agreement on a fair contract for nurses at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following commentary to the Daily Beast: * * * Congress Must Address America's Health-Care Crisis Almost everyone in America understands that our health-care system is broken, dysfunctional and getting worse. We spend almost twice as much per capita on health care as any other nation, nearly $13,000, and an unsustainable 18.3 percent of our GDP. Yet, we remain the only major country not to guarantee health care to all--leavin  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following commentary to The Guardian on Aug. 21, 2023: * * * The US And China Must Unite To Fight The Climate Crisis, Not Each Other Climate change is a global crisis and cannot be solved by any one country alone. If the United States, China and other industrialized countries do not come together to dramatically decrease greenhouse gas emissions, the world we leave our children and future generations will become increasingly un  more

BURLINGTON, Vermont, Aug. 23 -- 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 Tuesday sent a letter to RWJ Barnabas Health's President and Chief Executive Officer Mark E. Manigan urging him to bargain in good faith with United Steel Workers (USW) Local 4-200 and come to an agreement on a fair  more

BURLINGTON, Vermont, Aug. 23 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following statement on Aug. 22, 2023: * * * Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) released the following statement following Guatemala's presidential election: "This weekend, the Guatemalan people cast their ballots in a runoff election to determine their future president and the future of their country. I am encouraged that Sunday's election was carried out in a peaceful, orderly manner. Despite flagrant attempts by some government  more