WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Rep. Becca Balint, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Burlington, V.T. Yesterday, Rep. Becca Balint (VT-AL) was joined by Assistant Secretary for Health, Admiral Rachel L. Levine, MD for a LGBTQI+ health equity community roundtable at the Vermont Pride Center. As Assistant Secretary for Health, ADM Rachel Levine fights every day to improve the health and well-being of all Americans. She's working to help our nation overcome the COVID-19 pandemic and buil  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: BURLINGTON, VT Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.), and Rep. Becca Balint (VT-At-Large) wrote this weekend to President Biden urging him to quickly approve the Major Disaster Declaration request issued formally by Governor Phil Scott. This disaster declaration would bring critical federal resources to Vermont to help individuals and communities recover after devastating flooding this summer.   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: Vermont and National Health Care Leaders Voice Support for the Physician Fee Stabilization Act, a bill to help rural health care providers BURLINGTON, VT U.S. Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and John Boozman (R-Ark.) announced support from national health organizations for their bipartisan Physician Fee Stabilization Act, legislation that ensures greater flexibility in determining pricing adjustments for medical  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following op-ed to The Guardian: * * * Campaigning on an economic agenda that speaks to the needs of working families is a winning formula for Kamala Harris * * * One of the most extraordinary aspects of our corporate-dominated American political system is the degree to which the needs of working-class people, the majority of our population, are systematically ignored by political and media elites. Americans who are following   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- 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 introduced legislation to address the long COVID crisis that is affecting more than 22 million adults and 1 million children across the United States - and millions more around the globe. The Long COVID Research Moonshot Ac  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news release: The Senate Judiciary Committee today advanced the nomination of Mary Kay Lanthier, of Orwell, Vermont, to be the next District Court judge for the District of Vermont. President Biden nominated Lanthier at the joint recommendation of Senators Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Peter Welch (D-Vt.). Her nomination was advanced by the committee with   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) introduced the Rural Homeownership Continuity Act of 2024, legislation to fix the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)'s Section 502 Single Family Housing Loan Guarantee mortgage assistance program to provide more financing options so rural families can become homeowners. The bill would amend the Housing Act of 1949 and update Section 502's liability process to help more low and mo  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) led Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Michael Bennet (D-Colo.),and Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) in introducing the Digital Integrity in Democracy Act,legislation to increase accountability of social media platforms that knowingly host false election administration information. The bill aims to strengthen voting rights protections by carving   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: ST. JOHNSBURY and LYNDONVILLE, VT During National Health Center Week, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) joined Assistant Secretary for Health for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Admiral Rachel L. Levine, MD, local health care and community leaders, and flood-impacted Vermonters to discuss the impacts of climate change and flooding on physical, mental and environmental health. They first m  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: Following bipartisan, bicameral advocacy by Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), and Representatives Raul Ruiz (D-CA-25), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL-12), and Brad Wenstrup (R-OH-02), the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced the launch of the redesigned Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry. The bipartisan coalition of Members have urged the VA to redesign the registry, and in   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news release on Aug. 6, 2024: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today led the committee in a bipartisan 20-1 vote to reauthorize, expand, and strengthen the Older Americans Act (OAA) - critical legislation that will substantially increase funding for services for older Americans. Thi  more