WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Bipartisan Statement on the Crisis in Sudan from Senators Welch and Rounds * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) released the following statement on the crisis in Sudan: "We are deeply concerned by the extreme atrocities being perpetrated by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) against civilians in and around the city of El Fasher and in North Kordofa  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * EPA Fulfills Statutory Obligation, Completes Review at a Vermont Superfund Site * BOSTON (November 19, 2025) - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has fulfilled its statutory obligation and completed required comprehensive site cleanup reviews, known as "five-year reviews," for a Superfund site on the National Priorities List in Vermont during the 2025 Fiscal Year. As required by law,  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Nov. 21 -- The Reason Foundation issued the following commentary on Nov. 20, 2025: * * * K-12 Education Spending Spotlight 2025: Annual public school spending nears $1 trillion Eight states spend more than $25,000 per student: New York, New Jersey, Vermont, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, California, Rhode Island and Hawaii. Public school enrollment fell in 39 states from 2020 to 2023. By Aaron Garth Smith and Jordan Campbell This decade could go down as one of the most   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * MEDIA ADVISORY: Ahead of Small Business Saturday, Welch to Tour Local Businesses in Burlington, Brattleboro * BURLINGTON and BRATTLEBORO, VT U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, will travel to Burlington and Brattleboro next week ahead of Small Business Saturday and the holiday season to meet with small business owners and discuss the importance of shopping smal  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee posted the following news: * * * Mamdani Mini-Me: Villegas Feels the Bern Socialist Bernie Sanders just endorsed Randy Villegas, the Zohran Mamdani of the West, confirming he's fully bought into the same radical agenda of higher taxes, bloated government, open borders, and socialist fantasy policies failing families from California to Vermont. "Democrat Randy Villegas is a socialist cut from the same cloth as Bernie Sande  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 [Category: Business] -- NSSF-The Firearm Industry Trade Association, issued the following news release: * * * NSSF Files Amicus Brief Supporting Challenge to Vermont's 72-Hour 'Cooling Off' Waiting Period * WASHINGTON, D.C. NSSF (r), The Firearm Industry Trade Association, filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in support of plaintiffs challenging Vermont's mandatory 72-hour "cooling off" waiting period when lawfully purchasing a firea  more

CANBERRA, Australia, Nov. 19 -- The office of the Prime Minister of Australia issued the following news release: * * * Radio interview - 6PR Perth * OLIVER PETERSON, HOST : Good to have your company here on Perth Live. And standing opposite me in the 6PR studios is the Prime Minister of Australia, Anthony Albanese. Good to see you. ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER : Wonderful to be with you, Ollie. PETERSON : How was Garden Island this morning? PRIME MINISTER : Garden Island was fabulo  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Rep. Becca Balint, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Balint Votes to Release the Epstein Files * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Rep. Becca Balint (VT-AL) released the following statement after voting YES on H.R. 4405 to release the Epstein files: "Powerful men protect powerful men, including all those around Jeffrey Epstein. My vote today to release the Epstein files will bring transparency, accountability, truth, and justice to the thousands of sur  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following news release on Nov. 19, 2025: * * * Sanders Statement: The Trump-MBS Love Fest - Oligarchy and Authoritarianism Go Global With President Trump hosting Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia in Washington, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today released the following statement: Yesterday, Trump hosted Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) of Saudi Arabia in his gold-leafed office, calling him his "very good fri  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, ranking minority member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news: * * * Sanders to Democratic Senators: Now is the Time to Address America's Health Care Crisis In a Dear Colleague letter, Sanders calls on Democrats to unify behind six broadly supported reforms * Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, sent a letter  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Sanders to Democratic Senators: Now is the Time to Address America's Health Care Crisis In a Dear Colleague letter, Sanders calls on Democrats to unify behind six broadly supported reforms * Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, sent a letter to his Democratic colleagues urging them to come together around common sense h  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Sanders, Welch, Balint Host Telephone Town Hall * WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Vermont Congressional Delegation, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.), and Rep. Becca Balint (D-VT-At Large), last night held a statewide telephone town hall on the delegation's continued fight to protect health care and lower costs for hardworking Vermont families. The telephone town hall followed Congressio  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following commentary on Nov. 20, 2025, to the Boston Globe: * * * Republicans finally want to talk about health care. That's good -- but their ideas are absurd. For months, the American people have watched the Republican Party run away from their own unpopular health care agenda. But now -- finally -- they have been forced to admit what the rest of us have known all along: Doubling Affordable Care Act premiums for 20 million Am  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following commentary on Nov. 20, 2025, to Fox News: * * * Congress just made our healthcare system worse -- Here's the fix After 43 days, the government shutdown has ended. After President Donald Trump illegally and cruelly cut off SNAP benefits to desperate Americans, including 16 million children, 42 million frightened people will again be able to put food on their tables. Federal employees will get paid. And, hopefully, airl  more

BURLINGTON, Vermont, Nov. 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Vermont posted the following news release: * * * United States Attorney's Office Summarizes Accomplishments During the Lapse in Government Funding Like federal employees across the country, during the lapse in funding that began on October 1, 2025, and ended during the evening of November 12, 2025, the men and women of the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Vermont were not paid for the work t  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch and 46 Democratic Colleagues Call on Leader Thune to Quickly Bring the Epstein Files Transparency Act to Senate Floor for Vote * WASHINGTON, D.C. U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today joined every Senate Democrat in calling on Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) to immediately bring the bipartisan Epstein Files Transparency Act to the Senate   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch Calls on DHS to Investigate Secretary Noem's $220 Million Ad Campaign * Welch requested answers from DHS about Noem's authorization of multiple no-bid contracts to firms close to her and her advisors WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, called on the Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to investigate Secreta  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch Calls on Trump Administration to Stop Stalling and Release LIHEAP Funding: "There is no excuse for withholding the funding." * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development, Energy, and Credit, this week spoke on the Senate floor and urged the Trump Administration to release $4 billion in federal funds for the Low  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch Calls Out Republicans' Health Care Affordability Crisis in Finance Committee Hearing: "This hearing is a year too late. You had the gavel." * Welch stressed the urgent need to extend ACA tax credits before January 2026 WASHINGTON, D.C. At a Senate Finance Committee hearing this afternoon, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) exposed how Republicans' inaction on extending Affordable Care Act (ACA)  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch Joins 21 Senate Colleagues in Demanding Answers on Trump Admin's Unlawful Head Start Funding Delays * GAO recently found that the Trump Admin. illegally withheld Head Start Funds, exacerbating delays caused by the Republican shutdown WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, this week joined U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Reverend Ra  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch Joins 27 Senate Democrats on Anti-Cash Grab Act to Repeal $500,000 Republican Kickback * Bill repeals last-minute 'Arctic Frost' provision allowing Republican Senators to collect $500,000 per lawfully subpoenaed phone record WASHINGTON, D.C. U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Rules Committee, today joined U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S.   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch's Bipartisan Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act Passes Senate * Bill will support students and Vermont's dairy farmers WASHINGTON, D.C. U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, today celebrated the Senate's unanimous passage of his bipartisan, bicameral Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act, legislation to support America's students and dairy farmers. The bipar  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch, Adams Reintroduce Bicameral Bill to Improve Agricultural Loan Process for Farmers and Ranchers * Legislation will reform FSA loans to create long-term payoffs that strengthen rural communities across America WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development, Energy, and Credit, this week joined U.S. Senators Kirste  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch, Collins Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Expand Treat-in-Place Emergency Medical Services * Bill would test a treatment-in-place Medicare reimbursement model for EMS providers, helping patients avoid unnecessary hospital visits WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, and Susan Collins (R-Maine) introduced the Comprehensive Alternative Respo  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch, Curtis, Cohen, Wilson Call on Trump Administration to Free Political Prisoners in Belarus * Lawmakers commend and encourage the Administration's efforts to free political prisoners wrongfully held in Belarus WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and John Curtis (R-Utah) partnered with U.S. Representatives Steve Cohen (D-TN-09) and Joe Wilson (D-SC-02) in calling on the Trump A  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch, Wyden, Balint Reintroduce End Rent Fixing Act to Crack Down on Companies Using Algorithms to Illegally Raise Rents * Bill would strengthen enforcement and lawsuits against companies that allow landlords to collude on rent prices WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Finance and Senate Judiciary Committees, today joined Ranking Member of the Senate Financ  more

YORK, Pennsylvania, Nov. 18 -- York College of Pennsylvania issued the following news on Nov. 17, 2025: * * * York College Hosts Largest Open House Since 2017, Welcomes Record-Breaking Interest from Prospective Students York College of Pennsylvania welcomed its highest registration numbers and highest attended Open House since 2017 on Saturday, November 15, drawing 293 prospective students and a total of 806 attendees including guests. Families traveled to campus from eight states: Connectic  more

WATERTOWN, Massachusetts, Nov. 18 [Category: BizEngineering] -- Vanasse Hangen Brustlin Inc., a provider of transportation planning, engineering, design, land development and environmental services, posted the following news: * * * Zack Clark Presents at ACEC-VT's Environmental Protection Workshop * Drawing on his 15 years of experience with contaminated site investigation and remediation, Project Manager Zack Clark recently led an informative presentation on managing soil and groundwater p  more