WASHINGTON, July 3 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following news release on July 2, 2024: President of the United States, Joe Biden, and Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), Sen. Bernie Sanders, today released a joint op-ed calling on Novo Nordisk and other pharmaceutical companies to stop ripping off the American people and substantially reduce the price of Ozempic, Wegovy, and other prescription drugs. Since taking the gavel, Chair  more

WASHINGTON, July 3 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following op-ed on USA Today, on July 2, 2024: * * * If Novo Nordisk and other pharmaceutical companies refuse to substantially lower prescription drug prices in our country and end their greed, we will do everything within our power to end it for them. As president of the United States and the chairman of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee in the Senate, we have long been concerned about the outrageous prices   more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Rep. Becca Balint, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Today, Rep. Becca Balint (VT-AL), member of the House Judiciary Committee, released the following statement in response to today's Supreme Court ruling, granting former President Trump immunity for plotting to subvert the 2020 election: "Today, the Supreme Court delivered another shocking blow to our democracy. This dangerous, disgraceful ruling allows Presidents to act like dictators with no consequ  more

WASHINGTON, July 2 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following statement on July 1, 2024: * * * Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Monday issued the following statement on the right-wing takeover of the United States Supreme Court in its spate of recent decisions: Over the years, among other disastrous rulings, this right-wing court has given us Citizens United, which created a corrupt, billionaire dominated political system. It overturned Roe v. Wade, removing women's constitutional   more

WASHINGTON, June 25 (TNSres) -- 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) today released a new report detailing the coordinated and growing effort to undermine, dismantle, and privatize the American public education system. This report comes after Sanders led the committee in a hearing last we  more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: Welch secured federal funding for the project in 2024 SHELBURNE, VT - U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today joined the Champlain Housing Trust (CHT), local leaders and organizations in celebrating the groundbreaking of the Bay Ridge neighborhood project, which will provide 94 new permanently affordable homes including 68 affordable apartments for rent developed by the CHT. Sen. Welch nominated and secured   more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: BURLINGTON, VT -- Today the U.S. Supreme Court released its decision in Donald Trump's immunity case. Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) released the following statement: "This activist Supreme Court has unconscionably allowed Donald Trump to evade criminal liability, a move that all but ensures he will never face justice for his attempts to subvert our democracy. It defies logic and our nation's democratic principle   more

WASHINGTON, July 2 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: LONDONDERRY and LUDLOW, VT - Nearly one year after the July 2023 floods, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and U.S. Representative Becca Balint (VT-At-Large) sat down with community members and flood-impacted small businesses in Londonderry and Ludlow. Sen. Welch and Rep. Balint discussed the communities' ongoing flood recovery efforts and work to improve flood resilience. The Vermont Delegation returned to bus  more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Tina Smith (D-Minn.) recently introduced the American Energy Efficiency Act, legislation that would boost the use of cutting-edge technologies to increase energy efficiency capabilities across America. Studies have estimated that a national energy efficiency resource standard (EERS) would save consumers over $56 billion on their energy bills and could create up to 400,000 jobs.  more