WASHINGTON, Nov. 27 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following news release: BURLINGTON, Vt., Nov. 26 - Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, has launched his 15th annual State of the Union Essay Contest for Vermont students. Each year, the President of the United States delivers an address to a joint session of Congress, which outlines priorities for the coming year. Sanders knows that great ideas can come fro more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 27 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following news release: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) today released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a new proposal that would expand coverage of anti-obesity medications for Americans with Medicare and Medicaid: "The good news is that HHS recognizes that vitally important anti-obesity m more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 27 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news release: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) today released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a new proposal that would expand coverage of anti-obesity medications for Americans with Medicare and Medicaid: "The g more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Grants includes many accountability measures in Senator Markey's recent letter to Commerce Department Washington (November 25, 2024) Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Commerce announced the finalized the terms of a $6.6 billion grant to the Taiwan Semiconductor  more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 27 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) this week led Senators Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) and Representatives Becca Balint (VT-At-Large) and Chris Pappas (D-NH-01) this week in calling on the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to study the extent to which the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Development (USDA RD) office has sufficient funding and staffing levels more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: TRAIN Act is Supported by the Recording Industry Association of America, the Human Artistry Campaign, SAG/AFTRA, News/Media Alliance, Recording Academy, Authors Guild, BMI, and more Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, introduced the Transparency and Responsibility for Artificial Intelligence Networks (TRAIN) Act, a new bill to help creators--musicians, artists, writers, a more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 27 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) led Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), and Tina Smith (D-Minn.) in urging U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken to apply the Leahy Law to Israel amidst gross violations of human rights by Israeli security forces. T more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) met with political and human rights activists TatsianaKhomich, Volha Harbunova, and Valery Kavaleuski to discuss ways to release political prisoners in Belarus. During the meeting, Senator Welch spoke with Ms. Khomich about her sister, Belarusian activist Maryia Kalesnikava. Ms. Kalesnikava was an opposition leader during the 2020 Belarusian Presidential election and was sentence more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: BURLINGTON, VT U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today released the following reaction to President Biden's announcement of a ceasefire deal to stop fighting between Hezbollah and Israel: "The ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hezbollah, brokered by the United States and France and announced today, is an encouraging step forward after months of fighting. It should offer hope for a path toward peace in t more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and John Boozman (R-Ark.), along with 39 of their colleagues, are calling on Senate leaders to protect access to Medicare services by ensuring health care providers who treat Medicare patients are adequately compensated for the care they deliver. The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is proposing a rule to cut payments to Medicare-serving physicians by 2.8% in  more PR