WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 -- U.S. Term Limits issued the following news release: * * * Jonathan Gleason Pledges to Support Congressional Term Limits Bridgewater, VT - U.S. Term Limits (USTL), the leader in the national, non-partisan movement to limit terms for elected officials, is gathering support from state lawmakers across the nation. Its mission is to get 34 states to apply for an amendment proposal convention specific to term limits on Congress. 2026 Vermont state senate candidate, Jonathan Gl  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Rep. Becca Balint, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Becca Balint Statement on Republican Government Shut Down, Refusal to Protect Health Care * Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. Becca Balint (VT-AL), member of the House Budget Committee, released the following statement in response to Republicans' choice to shut down the government: "Republicans once again chose to turn their back on Americans' health care. If they wanted to keep the government   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 (TNSrpt) -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, ranking minority member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news on Sept. 29, 2025: * * * Sanders Report Finds Nearly 700 Prescription Drugs Have Increased in Price Under Trump Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today released a new report revealing that prices for 688 prescription drugs have increased  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, ranking minority member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news on Sept. 30, 2025: * * * Sanders, Merkley Introduce Legislation to Make Medical, Dental and Nursing Schools Tuition Free and Expand the Health Care Workforce Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP), and Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) today introduced the Hea  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following news release on Sept. 30, 2025: * * * Sanders, Merkley Introduce Legislation to Make Medical, Dental and Nursing Schools Tuition Free and Expand the Health Care Workforce Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP), and Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) today introduced the Health Care Workforce Expansion Act, comprehensive legislation to address the mass  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 (TNSrpt) -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following news release on Sept. 29, 2025: * * * Sanders Report Finds Nearly 700 Prescription Drugs Have Increased in Price Under Trump Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today released a new report revealing that prices for 688 prescription drugs have increased since President Donald Trump took office -- despite his repeated promises to lo  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch Hosts 2025 Women's Economic Opportunity Conference * WEOC featured keynote remarks from best-selling author Mirna Valerio and Senator Welch, followed by interactive skills-building workshops RANDOLPH, VT - U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) hosted the 2025 Women's Economic Opportunity Conference, which included interactive workshops on growing economic opportunity, cultivating new audiences, a  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch Implores Republican Colleagues to Work with Democrats to Protect Health Care for Millions of Americans * Welch calls on Republicans to join forces with Democrats to avert government shutdown WASHINGTON, D.C. - Monday night on the Senate floor, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, and Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) led seven Senate colleagues in implorin  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch Joins Durbin, Judiciary Committee Democrats in Demanding Answers on the Politicization of DOJ As President Trump Pursues Criminal Charges Against His Political Enemies * "Our justice system operates on the principle that the President cannot demand the prosecution of an individual to settle personal scores, let alone when there is no credible evidence that a person engaged in any wrongdoing,"   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch Statement on the Government Shutdown * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) tonight released a statement following Senate Republicans' failure to negotiate with Democrats to fund the government: "Nobody wants a shutdown--it is damaging to our economy, to federal workers, and to the foundation of our democracy. A shutdown, ultimately, is a failure of the Legislative and Executi  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch Statement on Trump-Pfizer Deal * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the Trump Administration announced that Pfizer has agreed to sell select prescription medications directly to patients at a discount on a new direct purchasing platform, TrumpRx.gov, and in exchange, Pfizer will receive a three-year grace period on President Trump's proposed 100% pharmaceutical tariffs. The White House announcement al  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch Vows to Stand Up Against Trump's Attacks on Health Care: "We're here to fight for you and against authoritarianism." * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) joined U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), and Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), and Ed Markey (D-Mass.) for a discussion   more