WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: Senators reiterate call made to Amb. Herzog--More than 14,000 need urgent medical evacuation, including thousands of children The readout below is attributable to Aaron White, Director of Communications for Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.): This afternoon in his Capitol Hill office, Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) met with Motaz Z more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Dec. 5, 2024: Today, U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan pressed Postmaster General Louis DeJoy about the United States Postal Service (USPS)'s proposed plan to move postal operations from Manchester, New Hampshire to Boston and from White River Junction, Vermont to Hartford, Connecticut. Senator Hassan has repeatedly raised concerns about these plans, and previously worked with her colleagues to temporarily  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following commentary to Common Dreams: * * * Despair Is Not an Option, So Here's What We Must Do You won't hear it discussed in corporate media (for obvious reasons), or on the floor of Congress (for obvious reasons), but the most important issue facing the American people and the global community is the rapid rise of oligarchy. Never before in modern history have so few had so much wealth and power. Never before has a ruling c more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following statement: * * * Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today released the following statement about oligarchy in America: This is what Oligarchy looks like: Today, while 60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, three multi-billionaires own more wealth than the bottom half of American society. Today, we have a greater concentration of ownership than we have seen since the Gilded Age. In sector after sector -- financial serv more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following news release on Dec. 2, 2024: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), today announced that the committee will hold a hearing this Thursday, December 5 at 10:00 a.m. ET titled, "What Is the FDA Doing to Reduce the Diabetes and Obesity Epidemics in America and Take on the Greed of the Food and Beverage Industry?" "In America today, we have an obesity  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 2, 2024: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), today announced that the committee will hold a hearing this Thursday, December 5 at 10:00 a.m. ET titled, "What Is the FDA Doing to Reduce the Diabetes and Obesity Epidemics in America and Take on the Greed of the more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today released the following statement on President Biden's pardon of Hunter Biden: "President Biden's pardon of his son Hunter is, as the action of a loving father, understandable--but as the action of our nation's Chief Executive, unwise." *** Original text here: https://www.welch.senate.gov/senator-welchs-statement-on-president-bidens-pardon-of-hunter-biden/ more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: The Vermont Congressional Delegation, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), and Representative Becca Balint (VT-At-Large) today called on Troy Miller, Acting Commissioner of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), to immediately return the hours of operation for six Land Ports of Entry (LPOEs) in Vermont, to pre-pandemic levels, following the agency's recent reduction of hours at a more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Rep. Becca Balint, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * The Vermont Congressional Delegation, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), and Representative Becca Balint (VT-At-Large) today called on Troy Miller, Acting Commissioner of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), to immediately return the hours of operation for six Land Ports of Entry (LPOEs) in Vermont, to pre-pandemic levels, following the agency's recent reduction of ho more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) today requested the Government Accountability Office (GAO) provide more information to Congress on the ability of existing U.S. export controls to manage A.I.-related national security risks and human rights concerns. The Senators emphasized how foreign governments' use of A.I.-powered technologies--such as facial recognition to surveil their populations--can more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Chair of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development and Energy and member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, introduced the Electrifying Rural Transportation Act (ERTA), legislation to create a new grant program to help rural transit agencies and local governments transition to electric fleet vehicles. Senator Welch's bill would more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today joined 11 of his Senate colleagues in renewing calls to the Biden Administration to urge the governments of Israel and Egypt to protect press freedom and allow journalists into Gaza to cover the ongoing war. In their letter to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, the Senators underscored the dangerous conditions for reporters, the importance of safe access into Gaza for jou more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) released the following statement expressing concern about the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's (USPTO) decision to withdraw a proposed rule that would have helped restore competition to the pharmaceutical market and lower prescription drug prices for patients: "Big Pharma's greedy tactics force Vermonters to pay outrageous prices for lifesaving drugs. The decision t more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) released the following statement on reports that Elliot Onil Eastman, age 26, of Vermont, has died in the Philippines after being kidnapped in the Zamboanga del Norte province: "If the reports of Elliot's death are confirmed, it is a heartbreaking conclusion to this frightening situation. Our Embassy in the Manilla worked in coordination with the FBI's hostage recovery team, and  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today released the following statement on the urgent need to pass disaster aid before the conclusion of the 118th Congress: "The last time Congress passed a comprehensive disaster package was December 2022. Since then, the United States has had more than 50 climate disasters that each caused more than $1 billion in damage--totaling $170 billion in losses. This is an economic catas more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) took to the Senate floor today to urge Congress to pass disaster aid in the final days of the 118th Congress. In his remarks, Senator Welch highlighted extreme weather disasters that have impacted communities in Vermont and across the country since 2022, the last time Congress passed comprehensive disaster aid. "The longer we wait to help disaster victims, the more disaster victim more PR