WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- The Attorneys General of Washington, California, New York, Massachusetts, Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Michigan, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, D.C., and Harris County, Texas, have submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, expressing their staunch opposition to the agency's recent Interim Final Rules, which rescind vital regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * EPA Administrator Zeldin Completes Region One Swing, Visiting All Six New England States * WASHINGTON - On Monday, August 4, 2025, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin completed his travel to EPA's Region One where he visited Rhode Island, Connecticut, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine on the heels of his first stops in Massachusetts, to meet with regional staff a  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration issued the following warning letter to Oasis Medical from the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research: Recipient: Recipient Name Mr. Norman Craig Delgado Recipient Title: President and CEO, Oasis Medical, Inc., 514 S. Vermont Avenue, Glendora, CA 91741, United States Issuing Office: United States Warning Letter 320-25-93 July 15, 2025 Dear Mr. Delgado: The United States Food and Drug  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Aug. 9 -- The North Carolina Republican Party issued the following news release: * * * Bernie Bro Roy Cooper? Bernie Sanders coming to North Carolina this weekend to campaign for Roy Cooper. Is Radical Roy going to show up, though? He should -- his record is indistinguishable from the Vermont Socialist. Taxes? Bernie voted against the One Big Beautiful Bill, which prevented the largest tax increase in American history. Cooper did one better: not only did he oppo  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 (TNSLrpt) -- A document titled 'Flood of July 2023 in Vermont,' prepared by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in cooperation with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), provides a study of the July 2023 flood. The report, authored by Travis L. Smith, Scott A. Olson, James M. LeNoir, Rena D. Kalmon, and Elizabeth A. Ahearn, is designated as Scientific Investigations Report 2025-5016, Version 1.1, and was issued in May 2025. The report states that the major storm resul  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, ranking minority member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news: * * * Sanders, 12 Colleagues Urge Trump Administration to Ensure Americans Can Access Safety Net and Public Assistance Programs Without Unnecessary Red Tape BURLINGTON, Vt., Aug. 4 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, led a letter to Health and Hum  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Senate Unanimously Passes Bipartisan Welch-Murkowski Resolution Celebrating U.S.-Denmark Friendship * Bipartisan resolution recognizes decades of deep and enduring friendship between Denmark and the U.S.; Resolution earned support from Danish officials WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) celebrated the Senate's unanimous passage of his bipartisan resolution, led with Senator Lisa Mu  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 -- United Way of Northwest Vermont, South Burlington, has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service voicing its opposition to the proposed National Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Information Database. The organization argues that the database would create barriers to participation, impacting thousands of Vermonters who rely on the program to buy groceries and maintain health. The organization asserts that SNA  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has released a document titled 'The 3D Elevation Program--Supporting Vermont's Economy,' authored by Dan Walters. The report, issued as Fact Sheet 2025-3033 in July 2025, outlines how high-resolution elevation data from the 3D Elevation Program (3DEP) provides economic benefits to Vermont by supporting various key sectors. Vermont achieved statewide coverage of quality level 2 lidar data in 2019, a level of accuracy far superior   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch Statement on 3rd Anniversary of PACT Act, Largest Expansion of Benefits for Veterans and Their Survivors in More Than 30 Years * BURLINGTON, VT - On Sunday, the nation celebrates the third anniversary the enactment of the bipartisan Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act, historic legislation to deliver benefits and care to veterans im  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch, Budd Introduce Bipartisan Bill Targeting Foreign Robocalls, Scammers * Legislation to increase cooperation between feds, private sector to fight overseas scams is backed by AARP, USTelecom WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Ted Budd (R-N.C.) recently introduced the Foreign Robocall Elimination Act, bipartisan legislation that would bring together government and private s  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch, Markey, Whitehouse, Shaheen, King, and Blumenthal Slam Trump Admin Policies for Rising Energy Costs * BURLINGTON, VT - U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) this week joined Northeastern U.S. Senators Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Angus King (I-Maine), and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) in demanding information from Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Adm  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch, Van Hollen Reintroduce Bill to Codify West Bank Sanctions * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) led Senators Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) in reintroducing the Sanctions and Accountability for Non-Compliance and Transparent Investigative Oversight for National Security (SANCTIONS) in the West Bank Act. This   more