WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following news release on May 21, 2024: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), led 13 fellow senators in submitting a public comment letter to Secretary Miguel Cardona of the U.S. Department of Education on President Biden's proposal to reduce or eliminate federal student loans for tens of millions of borrowers. Published in the Federal Register in April of 2  more

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following news release on May 20, 2024: Sen. Bernie Sanders, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), on Saturday, May 18, gave the commencement speech at University of New England's (UNE) graduation ceremony. UNE is the number one provider of health care professionals for the state of Maine and an important health workforce educator for Vermont, New England, and the country. In his addres  more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following remarks on May 22, 2024: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Tuesday night spoke on the floor of the U.S. Senate about the decision of the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor to seek arrest warrants for Hamas and Israeli leaders amidst the ongoing humanitarian disaster in Gaza: Sanders' remarks, as prepared for delivery, are below and can be watched here (https://outreach.senate.gov/iqextranet/iqClickTrk.aspx?&cid=  more

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following statement on May 20, 2024: * * * Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today released the following statement on the decision of the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor to seek arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders relating to the Israel-Gaza conflict: In the last several years, the International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued arrest warrants for political leaders who violate international law and engage in wa  more

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following news release: As American taxpayers foot the $17 billion annual bill in direct federal subsidies to the fossil fuel industry - while facing the increasingly frequent, dangerous, and costly effects of climate change - Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) today reintroduced the End Polluter Welfare Act. First introduced by Sanders in 2012, this critical legislation closes tax loopholes, eliminates corpo  more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: At the senators' recommendation, President Biden nominates Mary Kay Lanthier to be the next District Court judge in the District of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) applauded President Biden's announcement today of his nomination of Mary Kay Lanthier, of Orwell, Vermont, to be the next District Court judge in the District of Vermont. Sanders and Welch jointly recommended Lanthi  more

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following news release on May 23, 2024: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) applauded President Biden's announcement today for his nomination of Mary Kay Lanthier, of Orwell, Vermont, to be the next District Court judge in the District of Vermont. Sanders and Welch jointly recommended Lanthier to the White House after their nonpartisan Judicial Nomination Advisory Panel submitted her name for consideration by   more

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following statement on May 23, 2024: * * * Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement on Tuesday after the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) proposed a new policy to require companies that make drugs invented by NIH scientists more accessible: Let me thank   more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news release: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), led 13 fellow senators in submitting a public comment letter to Secretary Miguel Cardona of the U.S. Department of Education on President Biden's proposal to reduce or eliminate federal student loans for tens of millions of borro  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: EPA Grants Funded by Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today celebrated the Biden-Harris Administration and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's announcement that Vermont has received $6,390,000 in grants to clean up brownfield sites in the state, spur economic revitalization, and advance environmental justice. Grant recipients in Vermont include Springfield Medical Care Syste  more

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: Bill would address current lack of federal protection for public sector workers to join a union or collectively bargain Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) cosponsored the Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act, bipartisan and bicameral legislation introduced by Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) and Representatives Matt Cartwright (D-Pa.-08) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.-01). The bill would guarantee the right of publi  more

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) last week led a group of senators in calling on Congress to provide robust funding for energy efficiency and climate resilience investments across the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in the upcoming Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) Appropriations Act. Climate resilient investments, such as tho  more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: Today, Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) announced several of his legislative priorities included in the biennial Water Resources Development Act of 2024 were advanced by the Environment and Public Works Committee with bipartisan support. The legislation will now be considered by the full Senate. The Water Resources Development Act of 2024 (WRDA 2024) authorizes the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to perform vital pr  more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) released the following statement after the Senate voted on a procedural motion to begin debate on S. 4361, the Border Security Supplemental Appropriations Bill: "Our immigration system is broken, and the situation at the southern border is not sustainable. The pathways to safe and legal immigration, too, are broken and not sustainable. Asylum seekers are forced to wait years befo  more

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) this week led his colleagues in urging Congress to support and fund the Pathways to Removing Obstacles to Housing (PRO Housing) program in the upcoming Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) Appropriations Act. The PRO Housing program directly assists state and local governments' efforts to incentivize inclusive housing policies. These grants en  more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights, released the following statement following reports of two instances where flags bearing symbols carried by violent rioters on January 6 were flown at properties owned by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito: "The call for stronger ethics within the U.S. Supreme Court   more

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) today led Senators Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), and Tina Smith (D-Minn.) in introducing the bipartisan Deliver for Democracy Act, legislation that would help news outlets overcome the current crisis of local journalism by incentivizing reliable postal service and limiting   more

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: The Senate Judiciary Committee today held a hearing requested and chaired in part by U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) on the need to address rising prescription drug prices and help ensure medications are accessible and affordable for hardworking families. In his opening remarks, Judiciary Chairman Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) acknowledged Sen. Welch's longtime efforts to lower drug prices, thanking him for his, "in  more