WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following news release on Nov. 21, 2023: In letters signed by every Democratic member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Sens. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Bob Casey (D-Pa.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.), and Ed Markey (D-Mass.  more

BURLINGTON, Vermont, Nov. 21 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following news release: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, has launched his fourteenth annual State of the Union Essay Contest for Vermont students. Each year, the President of the United States delivers the "State of the Union" address to a joint session of Congress, which outlines priorities for the coming year. Sanders knows that great ideas ca  more

BURLINGTON, Vermont, Nov. 20 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following statement on Nov. 18, 2023: * * * Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today released the following statement calling for the conditioning of U.S. aid to Israel amidst the growing crisis in Gaza and the West Bank: Hamas is a corrupt terrorist organization which began this war by slaughtering 1,200 innocent Israeli men, women, and children and taking over 200 hostages. Hamas has made clear, before and after October 7,   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following commentary to The Guardian on Nov. 20, 2023: * * * Poor People in the Developing World Have a Right to Medicine Here is a simple moral proposition. No one in America, or anywhere in the world, should die or suffer unnecessarily because they cannot afford a prescription drug which, in many cases, costs a few cents or a few dollars to manufacture. As Chairman of the US Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Commi  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following commentary on Nov. 22, 2023: * * * Justice for the Palestinians and Security for Israel There have been five wars in the last 15 years between Israel and Hamas. How do we end the current one and prevent a sixth from happening, sooner or later? How do we balance our desire to stop the fighting with the need to address the roots of the conflict? For 75 years, diplomats, well-intentioned Israelis and Palestinians and gov  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news release on Nov. 21, 2023: In letters signed by every Democratic member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Sens. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Bob Casey (D-Pa.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Ben Ra  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: MONTPELIER - Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), and Representative Becca Balint (VT-AL) today issued the following statement: "The U.S. Postal Service's failure to secure safe and stable postal service facilities in Vermont's capital city following the catastrophic flooding that displaced their offices on State Street, along with an unwillingness to communicate with the local Montpe  more

MONTPELIER, Vermont, Nov. 22 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following statement on Nov. 21, 2023: * * * Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), and Representative Becca Balint (VT-AL) today issued the following statement: "The U.S. Postal Service's failure to secure safe and stable postal service facilities in Vermont's capital city following the catastrophic flooding that displaced their offices on State Street, along with an unwillingness to communicate w  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-New York, issued the following news release: East Greenbush, N.Y. - Congresswoman Elise Stefanik announced today that following her years of advocacy, the University of Vermont Health Network's Alice Hyde Medical Center of Malone, New York will receive a Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Designation. "I am proud to announce that following my advocacy, Alice Hyde Medical Center has been awarded a Critical Access Hospital designation from the Centers f  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C - This week, Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) joined Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Chris Van Hollen (D-M.D.), and others in urging President Biden to work with Israel and international partners to implement a plan that will protect innocent civilian life in Gaza, deliver sustained humanitarian aid, and work toward the long term goals of ending Hamas's threat, bringing hostages  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: RANDOLPH, VT - Ahead of Small Business Saturday, which takes place annually the Saturday after Thanksgiving, Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) toured Randolph small businesses and restaurants with Darcy Carter, Vermont's District Director for the Small Business Administration (SBA). On the tour of downtown Randolph on Monday, Sen. Welch and Ms. Carter toured Short Notice, a global from-scratch kitchen; Pixels & B  more