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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Vermont Newsletter for Sunday January 18, 2026 ( 2 items )  

Antitrust Division Announces Membership Expansion Within Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing Preparedness Consortium
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division received a notification regarding the addition of 23 members to the Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing Preparedness (BIOMAP) Consortium. The filing was submitted to the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission in accordance with the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993. This action ensures the venture maintains legal protections that limit the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to actual dam  more

Rep. Balint Raises Alarm Over Reports of Vermont USCIS Employees Sent to Minnesota Amid ICE Enforcement Operations
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- Rep. Becca Balint, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Balint Raises Alarm Over Reports of Vermont USCIS Employees Sent to Minnesota Amid ICE Enforcement Operations * "At a time when aggressive ICE operations in Minnesota have already led to deadly force and widespread fear in our communities, I am outraged to hear that Vermont USCIS employees are being sent to Minneapolis to play ICE enforcement roles that fall far outside of their mission or thei  more