WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * NEWS: Bipartisan Lawmakers Demand Trump Reinstate NLRB Member Wilcox WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 - Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), Congressional Labor Caucus Co-Chairs Reps. Mark Pocan (D-Wis.), Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.), Donald Norcross (D-N.J.) and Steven Horsford (D-Nev.), and Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) led every Democ  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * NEWS: Sanders Statement on New Study Highlighting Corporate Greed in the Health Care Industry WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 - Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), today released the following statement regarding a new study from the Journal of American Medical Association. The study found that between 2001 and 2022, top health c  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * PREPARED REMARKS: Sanders on the Senate Floor: "What the Oligarchs Really Want" WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 - Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today gave remarks on the floor of the Senate regarding how Elon Musk and his fellow oligarchs are waging a war on the working class of America. Sanders' remarks, as prepared for delivery, are below and can be watched HERE : M. President, we are living in an extremel  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Rep. Becca Balint, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Becca Balint Calls Out Republican Budget Cuts for Working People in Budget Committee Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. Becca Balint joined her Democratic colleagues united against the Republican Budget Reconciliation bill. This resolution gives more than $4.5 trillion in tax breaks to billionaire donors and big corporations. To pay for these tax breaks, Republicans plan to make cuts to essential   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- Rep. Becca Balint, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Becca Balint Calls out Trump for Dismantling Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Washington, D.C. - Rep. Becca Balint (VT-AL) joined Financial Services Committee Ranking Member, Rep. Maxine Waters and other colleagues, to call out the Trump Administration for dismantling the government agency charged with protecting consumers from financial crimes and fraud. The Consumer Financial Protection Bu  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- Rep. Becca Balint, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Becca Balint joins rally to protect the Department of Education Washington, D.C. -- Rep. Becca Balint (VT-AL) joined her Democratic colleagues and the National Education Association in front of the U.S. Capitol to call out Trump and Musk's plans to dismantle the Department of Education. This comes as Trump is expected to issue an executive order abolishing the U.S. Department of Education, rippi  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Rep. Becca Balint, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Republicans Reject Balint Budget Amendments to Protect Health Care and Social Security Washington, D.C - Rep. Becca Balint (VT-AL) introduced two amendments to the Republican Budget plan to hold Republicans accountable for protecting affordable health insurance and Social Security. Both were rejected by every single Republican on the committee. The first amendment introduced by Rep. Balint would pro  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, ranking minority member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news on Feb. 12, 2025: * * * Sanders Statement on New Study Highlighting Corporate Greed in the Health Care Industry Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), today released the following statement regarding a new study from the Journal of American Medical A  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Welch on Voting Against Kash Patel: "I'm voting against Mr. Patel because he is clearly an instrument in that effort to continue eroding the precepts of the Constitution on the separation of powers." WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today voted against advancing the nomination of Kash Patel in the Senate Judiciary Committee, President Trump's nominee to be the Director of th  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following commentary on Feb. 13, 2025: * * * Cap credit card interest rates at 10% By: Sen. Bernie Sanders, Sen. Josh Hawley; Fox News Americans are drowning in a record-breaking $1.17 trillion in credit card debt In his "Divine Comedy," Italian poet Dante Alighieri reserved a special place in the Seventh Circle of Hell for people who charged usurious interest rates. Seven hundred years later, "usury" doesn't come up much in   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch on Trump's Chaotic and Cruel Second Term: "The law matters. Respect for your opponents matters. And focusing on the everyday needs of everyday people is what matters most." WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) took to the Senate floor to speak on President Trump's exaggerated claims of winning the 2024 election by a "landside," and called on the Trump Administration to focus not o  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch Opposes RFK Jr. For Secretary of Health: "It's hard, in many ways, to see how we could do worse." WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, spoke on the Senate Floor late last night to reiterate his opposition to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump's pick to serve as the next Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HH  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch Reacts to Patel Working Behind-the-Scenes to Fire FBI Agents WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today reacted to reports Kash Patel has been personally involved in the Trump Administration's ongoing efforts to target and fire career FBI agents and officials. "If these reports are true, this is perjury. Under oath, Kash Patel said he  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch Statement Opposing Jamieson Greer for U.S. Trade Representative WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today voted against advancing the nomination of Jamieson Greer in the Senate Finance Committee, President Trump's nominee to be the United States Trade Representative (USTR) and expressed his opposition: "Nobody will win this trade war. President Trump's tariffs, threatened and a  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch Urges OMB to Immediately Reverse Trump's Chaotic Federal Funding Freeze That is Hurting Vermonters WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Peter Welch, a member of the Senate Finance Committee, this week urged the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to halt President Trump's unilateral federal funding freeze, which is inflicting serious and lasting harm on Vermont farms, families, and businesses. In h  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch Urges Opposition to Tulsi Gabbard; Cites Lack of Experience, Questionable Judgement, Capacity to Do the Job WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) tonight took to the Senate floor to speak on his opposition to Tulsi Gabbard, President Trump's pick to serve as Director of National Intelligence (DNI). Senator Welch expressed concerns about Gabbard's judgment, integrity, and character,  more