WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * At Attorney General Nominee Pam Bondi's Confirmation Hearing, Welch Secures Commitments to Support Residential Reentry Program in Vermont Vermont is one of two states without a Residential Reentry Center WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today questioned U.S. Attorney General Nominee Pamela Bondi at her confirmation hearing. In addition   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Bondi to Welch During Senate Confirmation Hearing: "No one will be prosecuted, investigated because they are a political opponent." WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, questioned U.S. Attorney General Nominee Pamela Bondi on President-elect Trump's threats against political opponents. Ms. Bondi committed to Welch that at the Departmen  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * NEWS: Sanders Statement on Biden Administration's Announcement that Medicare will Negotiate the Price of Diabetes and Weight-Loss Drugs WASHINGTON, Jan. 17, -- Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) today released the following statement after the Biden administration announced that diabetes and weight-loss drugs, includi  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * NEWS: Sanders Statement on Ceasefire-Hostage Deal WASHINGTON, January 15 - Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today released the following statement on the newly announced ceasefire-hostage deal between Israel and Hamas: *** Original text here: https://www.sanders.senate.gov/press-releases/news-sanders-statement-on-ceasefire-hostage-deal/  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * NEWS: With Gaza Ceasefire Near, Sanders Statement on What U.S. Must Learn from Its Role in the Horrific Tragedy WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 - Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today released the following statement ahead of the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, which is poised to begin on Sunday: *** Original text here: https://www.sanders.senate.gov/press-releases/news-with-gaza-ceasefire-near-sa  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Prepared Remarks: Sanders Calls on Colleagues to Support His H-1B Amendment W ASHINGTON, Jan. 15 - Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) Wednesday on the floor of the U.S. Senate gave remarks outlining his H-1B amendment to the Laken Riley Act, which would ensure that it is never cheaper for a corporation to hire a guest worker from overseas than an American worker at home. Sanders' remarks, as prepared fo  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following news release: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee (HELP) today released the following statement in response to the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) new proposal to require a front-of-package nutrition label on most packaged food and beverages. *** Original text here: https://www.sanders.senate.gov/press-releases/sanders-statement-on-the-fdas-p  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: Vermont GaN Tech Hub consortium is one of six Tech Hubs to receive new funding U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today celebrated a new $23 million investment in the University of Vermont's Tech Hub, which boosts research, advances manufacturing and expands cutting-edge careers and workforce training related to the development of Gallium Nitride (GaN) semiconductors. The Vermont Gallium Nitride Tech Hub recei  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch Celebrates White House's Announcement Selecting 15 Additional Prescription Drugs for Medicare Drug Price Negotiations WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today celebrated the White House's announcement that it has selected 15 additional prescription drugs for Medicare price negotiations. These newly announced prescription drugs--together with ten drugs already negotiated last yea  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch in Confirmation Hearing for Attorney General: "Shouldn't we take seriously Trump's threat that he's going to go after his political adversaries?" WASHINGTON, D.C. - While questioning witnesses during the second day of the confirmation hearing for U.S. Attorney General Nominee Pamela Bondi, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) raised concerns about whether asked legal and ethics experts, as well as f  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: BURLINGTON, VT - U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today joined the Committee on Temporary Shelter (COTS) to celebrate the opening of a new winter warming shelter in the Queen City, located at 58 Pearl Street in Burlington. The new overnight, low barrier shelter will have capacity for 30 people and run from January 15 th until the end of April. This added shelter capacity, made possible by COTS' successful acq  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch Lauds $21 Million in New Emergency Relief Funds for Flood-Stricken Communities in Vermont WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. S enator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today celebrated the Department of Transportation's (DOT) announcement of $21.8 million in new emergency relief funding to the Vermont Agency of Transportation to help Vermont communities impacted by the July 2023 floods. The funding is allocated through   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) recently led a group of his bicameral colleagues, Senators Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), and Representatives Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-07), Jim McGovern (D-MA-02), Sara Jacobs (D-CA-51), and Joaquin Castro (D-TX-20) in requesting answers from the Department of State on the fatal shooting of   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch Presses Attorney General Nominee Pam Bondi on Protecting Vermonters from Rip-offs in Confirmation Hearing WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, questioned U.S. Attorney General Nominee Pamela Bondi about high costs of health care in rural America, specifically referencing recent reports detailing how insurers have cheated taxpayer  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch Questions Treasury Secretary Nominee Scott Bessent at Confirmation Hearing Bessent Agrees to Work with Welch on Credit Card Swipe Fees WASHINGTON, D.C. - In his first Senate Finance Committee hearing today, Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) questioned Scott Bessent, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be the Secretary of the United States Treasury Department, about the affordability crisis and  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch Statement on Ceasefire Between Israel and Hamas WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) welcomes the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas to stop the fighting and release Israeli hostages, brokered with the support of the Biden Administration. The agreement was approved following months of negotiations, and more than 15 months after the start of the conflict which has displac  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch, Kaine and Colleagues Unveil Amendment to Improve Laken Riley Act WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today joined Senators Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), John Hickenlooper (D-Colo), Angus King (I-Maine), Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), and Mark Warner (D-Va.) in unveiling an amendment to the Laken Ri  more