WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near East, South Asia, Central Asia and Counterterrorism, U.S Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) on Wednesday led 16 of their Senate colleagues in a letter to President Biden  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following news release on Oct. 5, 2023: After Maximus, a major contractor that operates call centers for the federal government, failed to respect its workers constitutional right to organize, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today sent a letter to the company's CEO Bruce Caswell requesting information on Maximus's failure to respond to workers' demands as  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following statement on Sept. 30, 2023: * * * Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Saturday issued the following statement after the Senate passed a bill 88-9 to avert a government shutdown: "I'm delighted that Congress was able to avoid a painful and unnecessary shutdown. I am also pleased that programs working families desperately need were not cut and that, in fact, there was a good increase in funds for disaster relief which will h  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news release on Oct. 5, 2023: After Maximus, a major contractor that operates call centers for the federal government, failed to respect its workers constitutional right to organize, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today sent a letter to the company's CEO Bruce Caswell requesti  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: SOUTH BURLINGTON, VT - Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) today joined BETA Technologies workers and leadership including founder and CEO Kyle Clark, as well as Governor Phil Scott, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), former Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Mayor Miro Weinberger, and Chair of the South Burlington City Council Helen Riehle, for the official opening of BETA's new state-of-the-art electric aircraft production fa  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Sen. Peter Welch (D-VT) today provided opening remarks in a Senate Commerce, Science & Transportation Committee nomination hearing in support of Michael Whitaker, of Vermont, who was nominated by President Biden to serve as Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration. Senator Welch serves on the Senate Commerce Committee. Read his statement on the announcement of Mr. Whitaker's no  more