WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following statement on Nov. 13, 2024: * * * Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt) today released the following statement announcing his intention to next week bring to the floor Joint Resolutions of Disapproval (JRD) that would block the sale of certain offensive U.S. weaponry to Israel. The JRD is the only mechanism available to Congress to prevent an arms sale from advancing: Next week I will bring to the floor of the Senate a number of  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: At a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing yesterday, Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) questioned Shira Perlmutter, Director of the U.S. Copyright Office, about the need for increased transparency around the use of AI, and discussed his legislative efforts to increase transparency and protect copyrighted works from being used by AI without consent or compensation. "It's really tough for many artists if their materi  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) introduced the Humanitarian Tech Corps Act, legislation that will help build America's technical and humanitarian workforce by creating a new scholarship program through the National Science Foundation (NSF) for students who plan to work for federal humanitarian organizations. The scholarship program, facilitated in consultation with the U.S. Agency for International De  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Chair of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development and Energy, was joined by Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), and Ben Cardin (D-Md.) in introducing the Renewable Energy Certainty Act, legislation to facilitate renewable energy buildout at federal facilities by extending the maximum length of Federal Power Purch  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) joined Senate Judiciary Democrats in urging the House Ethics Committee to preserve and transmit to the Senate Judiciary Committee all relevant documentation on former Congressman Matt Gaetz, including the report that the House Ethics Committee was reportedly prepared to vote to release tomorrow. The letter follows Mr. Gaetz's resignation from Congress yesterday after President-elec  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today delivered keynote remarks at an event hosted by The Atlantic on his bipartisan work to lower prescription drug costs and advance generic medicines. The event, titled The Next Frontier for Accessible Medicines, focused on hurdles facing generic and biosimilar manufacturing and facilitating innovation. Senator Welch, with Senators Mike Braun (R-Ind.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today released the following statement after the Biden Administration announced there will be no change to U.S. policy in Israel, despite humanitarian organizations, the United Nations, and press investigations showing a failure to end the humanitarian crisis and comply with international humanitarian law: "Accepting 'small steps' and empty promises won't cut it when the devastat  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: Tomorrow will mark 30 days since the Biden Administration, through the Secretary of State and Secretary of Defense, expressed deep concerns about the dire humanitarian crisis in Gaza, requesting urgent and sustained actions by the Netanyahu government to help innocent civilians. The situation for the people of Gaza has gotten worse in the past month, not better. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) released the foll  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) last night took to the Senate floor and called on Congressional Republicans to not abandon the people of Ukraine as they defend their country against Russia's unjust invasion. In his remarks, Senator Welch voiced his concerns about this inflection point in United States policy and politics and how it will impact support for Ukraine, calling any abandonment of Ukraine existential   more