WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: Ahead of Amazon "Prime Day," U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) joined the Warehouse Worker Protection Act, legislation led by Senator Edward Markey (D-Mass.) along with Senators Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Bob Casey (D-Pa.), and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) that would protect warehouse workers by prohibiting opaque and dangerous work speed quotas that can lead to high rates of worker injuries. The bill is also sponsored b  more

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following joint statement on July 18, 2024, with Sen. Ed Markey, D-Massachusetts: * * * Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Subcommittee Chair Ed Markey (D-Mass.) on Thursday issued the following statement: In America today, we have a dysfunctional and cruel health care system that is designed not to make patients well, but to make executives extraordinarily wealthy. Ther  more

WASHINGTON, July 17 (TNSres) -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following news release on July 16, 2024: * * * Nearly Half of All Amazon Warehouse Workers Are Injured During Prime Day Week * * * Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released an interim report yesterday as part of the sweeping investigation he launched into Amazon's unacceptable corporate greed and abysmal workplace safety practices. As part of this r  more

WASHINGTON, July 17 (TNSres) -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news release on July 16, 2024: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released an interim report yesterday as part of the sweeping investigation he launched into Amazon's unacceptable corporate greed and abysmal workplace safety practices. As part of this report, Sanders is making  more

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: BURLINGTON, VT Today, Judge Aileen Cannon dismissed the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump. Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) released the following statement: "Judge Cannon's misguided ruling undermines the rule of law and our national security. Time and time again in this litigation, Judge Cannon has stacked the deck in favor of the former President. In dismissing this case, Judge Can  more

WASHINGTON, July 13 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: BURLINGTON, VT Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) released the following statement after former President Donald Trump and rallygoers were hit by apparent gunfire at an event in Butler, Pennsylvania this evening: "I am thankful former President Trump is safe, and I am appreciative of the Secret Service and law enforcement who responded so quickly. This is a horrifying moment for our democracy. We must condemn violence  more

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: BURLINGTON, VT Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) released the following statement in reaction to Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.)'s conviction on 16 felony counts: "The evidence was heard, due process was granted, and justice was served. That's what everyone is entitled to in America, and that's what Senator Menendez got. "The people of New Jersey, and the United States Senate, as an institution, deserve better. This g  more

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: LYNDONVILLE, VT U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today toured flood damage in Barnet, St. Johnsbury, Peacham, and Lyndonville. Last week's flooding, the remnants of Tropical Storm Beryl, impacted communities across central and northern Vermont. Senator Welch was joined Tuesday by Vermont Secretary of Agriculture Anson Tebbetts. In Barnet, Senator Welch met with Vermonters and local leaders at Church Street   more

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: HARDWICK, VT Wednesday, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) toured flood damage from the remnants of Tropical Storm Beryl, which impacted communities across Vermont. Senator Welch heard from residents and local community leaders in Hardwick about the challenges of recovering from last week's flooding while still rebuilding from the July 2023 floods. Senator Welch also surveyed flood damage at the wastewater trea  more

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Bernie Sanders (D-Vt.) introduced the Streamlining International Food Assistance Act of 2024, legislation that strengthens the United States' ability to address global hunger by allowing the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to use funds from the Food for Peace (FFP) food aid program to provide donations of U.S. commodities, alongside cash transfers an  more

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) joined Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) in sending a letter to Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan and Department of Justice (DOJ) Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter, urging the agencies to crack down on the consolidation of emerging generative artificial intelligence (AI) by tech giants such as Amazon, Microsoft, and Google. Consolidation stifl  more