WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- Rep. Jill Tokuda, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Rep. Jill Tokuda (HI-02) and Rep. Becca Balint (VT-AL) introduced the Addressing Addiction After Disasters Act. Following a summer of climate emergencies across the country, including in Hawai'i and Vermont, 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. Current Federal Emergency Mana  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following commentary to Fox News: * * * Americans, Stand With the UAW and Me and Fight Out-of-Control Corporate Greed I strongly support the UAW strike against the Big Three automakers (General Motors, Ford and Stellantis). Here's why. The fight the UAW is waging has everything to do with the outrageous level of corporate greed and arrogance on the part of senior executives in the auto industry and their masters on Wall Stree  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) today released a statement following the indictment of Senator Bob Menendez: "Senator Menendez is entitled to the presumption of innocence. But the people of New Jersey and the United States Senate are entitled to an effective Senator. The shocking and specific allegations against Senator Menendez have wholly compromised his capacity to be that effective Senator  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) joined Senators John Fetterman (D-PA) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) in introducing the School Lunch Debt Cancellation Act to cancel student lunch debt nationwide. "Our students shouldn't have to worry about how they're paying for lunch--full stop. I'm proud to partner with my colleagues Senators Fetterman and Whitehouse on this commonsense bill, and urge my col  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) today introduced the Enhancing Electric Grid Resilience Act, which would make it easier for the U.S. to advance clean energy projects, strengthen the electric grid, and lower energy costs for consumers by improving cost allocation. "The green energy revolution can be ours, but we need to do more to incentivize and support the buildout of our electric grid to ge  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: Speech Comes as Senate Prepares to Pass Bipartisan Continuing Resolution with Dedicated Disaster Funding WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) took to the Senate Floor last night to speak on the continued fight to fund the government in a bipartisan way, and support Vermont's small businesses, farmers, families, and communities through the flood recovery process. "It's really a basic question here  more