WASHINGTON, March 30 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following opening remarks on March 29, 2023: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, today led the committee in a hearing titled, "No Company Is Above the Law: The Need to End Illegal Union Busting at Starbucks." Sanders' opening remarks, as prepared for delivery, are below. The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions will come to order. Let me get   more

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news release on March 29, 2023: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, today led the committee in a hearing titled, "No Company Is Above the Law: The Need to End Illegal Union Busting at Starbucks." The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions will come to order. Let me ge  more

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release on March 30, 2023: U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), U.S. Senators Jon Ossoff (D-GA), and Peter Welch (D-VT) today introduced the Accountability for Endless Wars Act, legislation to terminate the Authorizations for Use of Military Force (AUMFs) and declarations of war no later than 10 years after the enactment of such authorizations or declarations. AUMFs set the legal framework, parameters, and co  more

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news release on March 30, 2023, and letter: Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee (HELP) Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Ranking Member Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-La.) today requested answers from Packers Sanitation Services, Inc. (PSSI) following reports that the company had employed more than 102 children between 13 to 17 yea  more

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) joined Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) to introduce the bipartisan Overcoming Prevalent Inadequacies in Overdose Information Data Sets (OPIOIDS) Act, comprehensive new legislation to help law enforcement better identify, understand, and address opioid overdoses. In 2022, more than 230 Vermonters died from opioid-related overdoses, a ten percent increase from the prior year and the highes  more

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release on March 28, 2023: In a hearing held today by the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) addressed Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, on the surge of migrants at the northern border of the United States, in particular in the Swanton Sector, which spans portions of upstate New York, Vermont, and New Hampshire. "We've seen an undeniable s  more

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release on March 29, 2023: Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) today voted in support of legislation led by Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Todd Young (R-IND) to repeal the 1991 and 2002 Authorizations for Use of Military Force (AUMF) against Iraq. These authorizations grant broad power to the President of the United States to deploy military force in Iraq. "Very practically, we no longer need an authorization for use of milit  more

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: Senator Peter Welch (D-VT), Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) this week sent a letter to the Senate Appropriations Committee, calling for increased federal funding for programs supporting Lake Champlain, including the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Lake Champlain Basin Program. In their letter, the lawmakers assert the importance of maintaining and expanding support  more