WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, ranking Republican member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on Feb. 27 after House Democrats rejected consideration of a resolution condemning comments Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, made praising the late Cuban communist dictator Fidel Castro: McCaul is an original co-sponsor of the resolution introduced by Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), whose family fled the Castro regime. "Today House Democrat  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- Rep. Ross Spano, R-Florida, issued the following statement on Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, statements on the Cuban regime: "It's truly disturbing that a sitting U.S. Senator, Bernie Sanders, would openly praise the record of a brutal dictator. "Not only have the Cuban people long suffered human rights violations, extreme poverty and limited opportunities while their leadership enjoy lavish lifestyles--but the Cuban regime and its tentacles are a cancer that have long  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 -- Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: In a letter to congressional appropriators, Representatives Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Joe Kennedy III (D-Mass.) and Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) blasted President Trump's proposal to remove critical funding for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) to finance his administration's response to the coronavirus. Citing his perennial efforts to slash funding for the Centers for Disease Control and Nationa  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vermont, vice chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following statement on the Trump administration's request for funding to address the global spread of the novel coronavirus: President Trump's instinct of robbing Peter to pay Paul is once again on full display, demonstrating a dangerous level of incompetence within his administration to confront the global spread of the novel coronavirus. His administration is only requesting   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Sen. Patrick J. Leahy, D-Vermont, issued the following news release on Feb. 27: * * * - Bipartisan legislation at long last will bring law enforcement tracing into the 21st Century * * * U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and U.S. Reps. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) and Peter King (R-NY-02) Thursday introduced the Crime Gun Tracing Modernization Act which will finally give the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) the ability to electronically search fo  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Sen. Patrick J. Leahy, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * - MLB has proposed eliminating or demoting 42 teams * * * U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) led a bipartisan group of United States Senators introducing a resolution supporting Minor League Baseball (MiLB) and their efforts to fight Major League Baseball's (MLB) proposed elimination or demotion of 42 MiLB clubs, including the Norwich (CT) Sea Unicorns, Lowell  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Congressman Peter Welch (D-Vt.) announced Thursday that the U.S. Treasury awarded Housing Vermont a $2 million grant to support affordable housing production and preservation of roughly 900 affordable rental units. The grant was provided through the Capital Magnet Fund program. The grant was provided by the Community Development Financial Insti  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Sen. Patrick J. Leahy, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Congressman Peter Welch (D-Vt.) announced Thursday that the U.S. Treasury awarded Housing Vermont a $2 million grant to support affordable housing production and preservation of roughly 900 affordable rental units. The grant was provided through the Capital Magnet Fund program. The grant was provided by the Community Development Financial   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following news release on Feb. 27: Senators Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) introduced legislation to end tax advantages that allow CEOs to contribute unlimited amounts to special executive retirement plans, which are subject to almost no reporting requirements or oversight from the Department of Labor or Internal Revenue Service. Their bill, the CEO and Worker Pension Fairness Act, uses the estimated $15 bil  more