WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-New York, issued the following news release: Only 8 States Provide Universal School Meals: California, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, and Vermont Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand stood at M400 High School for Environmental Studies in NYC to advocate for the passage of the Universal School Meals Program Act, which would provide free breakfast, lunch, dinner, and a snack to all schoolchildren regardless of   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: Funding Provided Through NPS' Semiquincentennial Grant Program, Preserving Historic Landmarks to Commemorate the 250th Anniversary of the Founding of the United States TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM, VT Following advocacy by Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), and Representative Becca Balint (VT-At Large), the Town of Rockingham has been awarded $749,983 from the National Park Service to preserv  more

BURLINGTON, Vermont, Aug. 28 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following statement on Aug. 27, 2024: * * * Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), on Tuesday issued the following statement after drugmaker Eli Lilly agreed to significantly lower the list price for the starter dose of its weight loss drug Zepbound: Last month, President Biden and I co-authored an op-ed demanding that Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly s  more

BURLINGTON, Vermont, Aug. 30 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following news release: With the United States on track to spend more than $1 trillion on the military this year, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today released the following statement about the rampant price gouging of major defense contractors and the transfer of taxpayer dollars to wealthy shareholders: Since Putin began this brutal war, Congress has appropriated $174.2 billion in emergency funding to help Ukraine defend  more

BURLINGTON, Vermont, Aug. 28 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following statement on Aug. 27, 2024: * * * Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), on Tuesday issued the following statement after drugmaker Eli Lilly agreed to significantly lower the list price for the starter dose of its weight loss drug Zepbound: Last month, President Biden a  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: BENNINGTON, VT Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) Thursday joined Southwestern Vermont Medical Center (SVMC) in Bennington for the ribbon cutting and celebration of it's newly-modernized emergency department. The Southwestern Vermont Medical Center's (SVMC) Kendall Emergency Department, Stout Thomson Waiting Area and Outpatient Registration along with the Richard and Pamela Ader Foundation Lobby and the Jackie and T  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: BURLINGTON, VT U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Commerce Committee, today recognized Vermont's esteemed research institutions for receiving an accumulative $8,603,831 in investments from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF). The awards were granted by the NSF this fiscal cycle to a variety of research projects conducted at Vermont institutes of higher learning. "Vermont has alw  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: BURLINGTON, VT U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) celebrates Team USA athletes as the 2024 Summer Paralympic Games begin. The Opening Ceremony will be held today in Paris and the competition will be held Thursday, August 29 through Sunday, September 8, 2024. The United States Paralympic Team has 225 athletes, including a 29-time medalist (Jessica Long, swimming) and 78 athletes who are competing in games for th  more