WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, chairman of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: Senate Veterans' Affairs Chairman Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and members of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee sent a letter to Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Robert Wilkie urging the VA to use the authority granted in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act to expand telemental health services to veterans during COVID-19.   more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. Patrick J. Leahy, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * - Senators Probe Legal Basis And Precedent For Defying Laws By Executive Fiat * * * Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) led all Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee - the Senate committee with jurisdiction over immigration laws, humanitarian protection laws, and constitutional oversight - in demanding answers about the Department of Homeland Security exploiting the COVID-19 pandemic by claiming  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Sen. Patrick J. Leahy, D-Vermont, issued the following remarks: "The World Health Organization does need reform, just as it needs the strong support of the United States and other countries in order to do its job. "But such complaints also apply to President Trump, who ignored numerous warnings, downplayed the threat, discounted medical science and squandered valuable time that could have saved countless lives. "He continues to shamelessly and relentlessly try to shif  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Sen. Patrick J. Leahy, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: Bernie has been a strong voice on behalf of working people across America. His strong personal feelings came through as he announced the suspension of his campaign. My fellow Vermonters have long known what so many others have seen: a consistent advocate for health care for all, for economic justice, and for a democracy that remains in the hands of the American people as it should and not in the hands   more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Sen. Patrick J. Leahy, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * - The recently announced suspension of premium processing for employment-based visa petitions by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) would exacerbate physician shortages during the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly in rural areas that depend on doctors who participate in the Conrad 30 J-1 visa waiver program - In a letter to USCIS Acting Director Cuccinelli, Klobuchar, Schneider, and   more

BURLINGTON, Vermont, April 11 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following news release: Amidst an unprecedented economic and public-health crisis, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) announced sweeping legislation to guarantee health care for all Americans for the duration of the coronavirus pandemic. The Health Care Emergency Guarantee Act, authored by the two lawmakers, empowers Medicare to pay all of the costs of treatment for the uninsured, and cover   more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Sen. Patrick J. Leahy, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs led 42 Senate Democrats in calling for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to rescind their Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) proposed rule, which would weaken this critical civil rights law. In their letter to regulators,   more