WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 20, 2023: The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) on Thursday, September 21, at 11:00 a.m. ET, will mark up critical legislation to address the primary care crisis in America, including the major shortage of nurses, doctors, dentists, mental health professionals, and other important health care worke  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) today joined Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Sen. Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-KS) and small business owners to call for the passage of the Credit Card Competition Act, bipartisan legislation that would support small businesses and merchants in Vermont and across America by restoring competition in the credit card market, which is currently dominated by the V  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Rep. Becca Balint, D-Vermont, issued the following news release on Sept. 21, 2023: Today, Rep. Becca Balint (VT-AL) and Rep. Jill Tokuda (HI-02) introduced the Addressing Addiction After Disasters Act. Following a summer of climate emergencies across the country, including in Vermont and Hawaii, Americans are suffering the cost. While the physical damage is clear, disaster-stricken communities need resources to cope with the mental and emotional damage they endure. Curr  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following news release on Sept. 21, 2023: Following the 50th anniversary of the bloody U.S.-backed coup d'etat against democratically-elected Chilean President Salvador Allende, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas), Rep. Greg Casar (D-Texas), and Rep. Nydia Velazquez (D-N.Y.) on Thursday introduced a Congressional resolution commemorating the c  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following statement on Sept. 21, 2023: * * * Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, on Thursday issued the following statement after the committee passed the Bipartisan Primary Care and Health Workforce Act: "Everyone in America understands that our health care system is broken and getting   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- 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 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee (HELP), today led the committee in marking up critical legislation to address the primary care crisis in America, including the major shortage of nurses, doctors, dentists, mental health professionals, and other important health care work  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Rep. Becca Balint, D-Vermont, issued the following news release and letter: United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Representative Becca Balint (D-Vt.), along with a bicameral group of lawmakers, submitted a public comment to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) in support of the agencies' proposed merger guidelines. In the letter, the lawmakers endorse the agencies' reading of antitrust law, praising the guidelines as neces  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Last night on the floor of the U.S. Senate, Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) called on his colleagues to support Vermont farmers, families and communities by passing supplemental disaster aid and replenishing the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Disaster Relief Fund. "We've got to get that FEMA supplemental passed. While that $16 billion of FEMA's disaster relief fund is critical,   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Vermont Congressional Delegation, led by Senate Commerce Committee member Senator Peter Welch (D-VT), this week called on Amtrak to provide an update on the establishment of interim preclearance operations to support rail travel between Vermont and Quebec and the federal actions needed for the full implementation of a preclearance program. Senators Welch and Bernie Sanders (I-VT), and   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - In a Joint Economic Committee hearing this week, Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) called for strengthening public-private partnerships to support job training and apprenticeship opportunities in the green energy sector. "We need to get more folks trained--including in the trades. There is some money in the Inflation Reduction Act to train on energy efficiency. That was something quite important  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: Last week, Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) convened leaders in Vermont's tourism and hospitality industry for a virtual meeting to discuss the challenges businesses in the industry are facing following this summer's catastrophic flooding, and the federal delegation's fight push for funding to support Vermont communities, small businesses, farms, and workers impacted by the floods. Participants also discussed how   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: Senators Peter Welch (D-VT) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) as well as Senators John Hickenlooper (D-CO), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Dick Durbin (D-IL), John Fetterman (D-PA), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) filed an amicus brief in Merck & Co. v. Becerra  more