WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 -- Rep. Becca Balint, D-Vermont, issued the following statement on Feb. 20, 2024: * * * Rep. Becca Balint (VT-AL) released the following statement on the Congressional Delegation to Israel and the West Bank: "During one of the most devastating and pivotal times for the region in modern history, it is crucial for me to engage directly with Israelis and Palestinians. What the region needs now is to swiftly reach a ceasefire agreement, safely return all hostages, administer r  more

BURLINGTON, Vermont, Feb. 23 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following news release on Feb. 22, 2024: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Thursday announced the winners of his fourteenth annual State of the Union Essay Contest, which gives Vermont high school students the opportunity to describe a major issue facing our country and propose what they would do to solve it. This year, 454 students from 27 Vermont high schools submitted essays. A panel of seven Vermont educators served as   more

BURLINGTON, Vermont, Feb. 20 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following news release on Feb. 19, 2024: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today applauded the announcement by the Biden-Harris Administration that the U.S. Department of Commerce will provide $1.5 billion in planned direct funding for GlobalFoundries as part of the U.S. CHIPS and Science Act. This will include funding for the modernization of GlobalFoundries' facility in Essex Junction, adding secure capacity for essential ch  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following news release on Feb. 20, 2024: BlackRock, the asset management firm, is attempting its largest acquisition in 15 years with its purchase of Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), a private equity firm which manages $100 billion in infrastructure assets around the world. In response, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland, Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan, and Ass  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following news release on Feb. 21, 2024: The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, chaired by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), will hold a hearing on Wednesday, February 28 at 10:00 a.m. ET titled, "Taking a Serious Look at the Retirement Crisis in America: What can we do to expand defined benefit pension plans for workers?" "At a time when more than half of older Americans have no retirement savings and mo  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 20, 2024: BlackRock, the asset management firm, is attempting its largest acquisition in 15 years with its purchase of Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), a private equity firm which manages $100 billion in infrastructure assets around the world. In response, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today sent a letter to Attorney General Mer  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: Funding will revitalize fabrication facility in Burlington and create jobs in Vermont, bolster competitiveness BURLINGTON, VT -- Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Commerce Committee, today applauded the Biden-Harris Administration's announcement that the Department of Commerce and GlobalFoundries (GF) have signed a non-binding preliminary memorandum of terms (PMT) providing GF approximately $1  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: BURLINGTON, VT - Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) released the following statement in advance of Saturday's observance of the second anniversary of Russia's unprovoked, full-scale invasion of Ukraine, which began on February 24, 2022:  "Since Vladimir Putin's invasion in February 2022, and going back to the illegal annexation of Crimea in 2014, Ukrainians have courageously defended their sovereignty, fought for   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and John Boozman (R-Ark.) along with 30 of their colleagues are calling on Senate leaders to advance a legislative solution to support access to Medicare services by ensuring health care providers who treat Medicare patients are adequately compensated for the care they deliver.  Medicare physician payments were cut 3.37 percent earlier this year. The rising costs to practic  more