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March 17, 2022 Letter to Marcia Fudge, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Rohit Chopra, Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau - Brown, Colleagues Call for Review of Wells Fargo Refinancing Process Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
March 17, 2022 Welch Supports Major Funding Legislation, Including Ten Welch Community Projects and Aid to Ukraine Sen. Peter Welch
March 16, 2022 Tweet - "If Jeff Bezos can afford a $500 million yacht, a $23 million mansion with 25 bathrooms and a rocket ship to blast a comedian to outer space, you know what? Amazon can afford to give its employees a $3 raise. I stand in strong solidarity with the Amazon workers walkout." Sen. Bernie Sanders
March 16, 2022 Letter to Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States - Wyden, Merkley Urge White House to Include $4 Billion in Homeless Assistance Grants in its FY2023 Budget Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
March 15, 2022 Sanders, Colleagues Call on VA to Protect Veterans' Care Sen. Bernie Sanders
March 15, 2022 Tweet - "Why is the price of oil LOWER today than it was in 2014 while the average price for a gallon of gas nationwide is 80 cents a gallon HIGHER than it was eight years ago? Answer: Corporate greed. Now is no time for profiteering. Now is the time for a windfall profits tax." Sen. Bernie Sanders
March 15, 2022 Sanders Amendment to Double Funding for Nurses Passes Committee Sen. Bernie Sanders
March 14, 2022 Sanders Announces Winners of 12th Annual State of the Union Essay Contest for Vermont Students Sen. Bernie Sanders
March 14, 2022 Letter to the Commission on Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution Reform - Grassley Pushes For Financial Management Oversight At Department Of Defense Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
March 14, 2022 Letter to Hon. Lloyd Austin III, Secretary of Defense Department of Defense - Reps. Gallego, Crow, Jacobs, Larsen, Malinowski Lead Call for Progress on Civilian Harm at DOD Sen. Peter Welch, ...
March 14, 2022 Letter to Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States - Negotiations on Historic Climate Investments Sen. Peter Welch, ...
March 12, 2022 Tweet - "If we can spend $782 billion on the military industrial complex and handout $52 billion in corporate welfare to the profitable micro-chip industry, please do not tell me we cannot afford Medicare for All during a pandemic or the Green New Deal during a climate emergency." Sen. Bernie Sanders
March 11, 2022 Letter to Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, and Hon. Kevin McCarthy, Minority Leader of the House of Representatives - Reed Discusses Replenishing the Restaurant Revitalization Fund Sen. Peter Welch, ...
March 10, 2022 Letter to Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, Chuck Schumer, Senate Majority Leader, Kevin McCarthy, Minority Leader of the House, Mitch McConnell, Senate Minority Leader - Rep. Susie Lee Demands Investigations Into Price Gouging by Oil Companies Sen. Peter Welch, ...
March 10, 2022 Tweet - "I'm delighted to see an agreement reached so that the MLB season can start. But we must prevent the greed of baseball's oligarchs from destroying the game. The best way to do that is to end MLB's antitrust exemption and I will be introducing legislation to do just that." Sen. Bernie Sanders
March 10, 2022 Letter to Hon. Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary Department of Homeland Security, and Tae Johnson, Acting Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Reps. Grijalva Calls for End to Title 42 Sen. Peter Welch, ...
March 10, 2022 Sanders Statement on End of MLB Lockout Sen. Bernie Sanders
March 9, 2022 Tweet - "If there's one thing to learn from this horrible crisis it's this: We must end our dependence on big oil & authoritarian regimes for expensive fossil fuels that are destroying the planet & harming our economy. Now, more than ever, we need a Manhattan Project for renewable energy." Sen. Bernie Sanders
March 9, 2022 Letter to Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States - Urging Biden Administration to Address Student Loan Debt Sen. Peter Welch, ...
March 9, 2022 Tweet - "This is oligarchy. This is greed. This is callousness. Last year, over 2 million people worldwide died of hunger. At the same time, the world's 2,755 billionaires saw their wealth go up by $5 trillion -- from $8.6 trillion to $13.8 trillion. This is why we need a tax on wealth." Sen. Bernie Sanders
March 8, 2022 Tweet - "Today the Senate passed the Postal Service Reform Act. Is this all that is needed to fix the problems of the Postal Service? No, it is not. But it's an important step forward for one of our nation's most important government agencies, for its workers, and for our communities." Sen. Bernie Sanders
March 8, 2022 Sanders Statement on Passage of Major Postal Reform Bill Sen. Bernie Sanders
March 8, 2022 Letter to Chuck Schumer, Senate Majority Leader, Mitch McConnell, Senate Minority Leader, Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, Kevin McCarthy, Minority Leader of the House - Addressing Rising Prices and Severe Supply Chain Issues, Sinema Urges Congressional Leaders to Continue Boosting American Semiconductor Investments Sen. Peter Welch, ...
March 8, 2022 Letter to Charles Schumer, Senate Majority Leader, Mitch McConnell, Senate Minority Leader - Gillibrand Calls For Senate To Extend USDA School Meal Programs; Calls For McConnell To Drop "Callous Opposition' Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
March 8, 2022 -9999 Sen. Bernie Sanders
March 5, 2022 Tweet - "Super-large yachts have become the status symbol of the billionaire class. And Russian oligarchs are not the only people who own them. While half of our people work paycheck to paycheck, members of the American oligarchy spend hundreds of millions to build their very own yachts." Sen. Bernie Sanders
March 4, 2022 More Than 30,000 Vermont Households Join Sanders Statewide Telephone Town Meeting Sen. Bernie Sanders
March 4, 2022 Tweet - "Oligarchy and massive wealth inequality exists not just in Russia. It's worldwide. Since the pandemic, while the wealth of the world's 10 richest people DOUBLED, the income of 99% of the world's population declined. The result: More yachts for the rich. More hunger for the poor." Sen. Bernie Sanders
March 4, 2022 Tweet -"The GOP claims to be the party of the working class. Yet, the head of the GOP campaign arm released a plan to raise taxes on half of Americans while imposing massive cuts to Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and education. Oh, yeah. They sure LOVE working people. No doubt." Sen. Bernie Sanders
March 4, 2022 Sanders, Colleagues Demand Answers from Big PhRMA on Widespread Price Hikes on Popular Prescription Drugs Sen. Bernie Sanders
March 3, 2022 Letter to Chuck Schumer, Senate Majority Leader, Mitch McConnell, Senate Minority Leader - Feinstein, Heinrich, Colleagues Urge Extension of USDA Support for School Meal Programs as Schools Transition Back to Normal Operations Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
March 3, 2022 Tweet - "Unfortunately, we have a corrupt political system and some Senators are more interested in getting campaign contributions from the wealthy and the powerful than doing the work of the American people. It's a sad state of affairs." Sen. Bernie Sanders
March 3, 2022 Tweet - "This is what Oligarchy and Authoritarianism is all about. Putin is not only destroying Ukraine and the Russian economy. He is now in the process of ending the last vestiges of Russian democracy and free speech." Sen. Bernie Sanders
March 3, 2022 Letter to Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture - Warner & Kaine Urge Changes to SNAP Benefits Guidance to Address Food Insecurity among Students Sen. Peter Welch, ...
March 2, 2022 Budgetary Revisions Sen. Bernie Sanders
March 2, 2022 Tweet - "Putin and his oligarch friends have stolen from the Russian people. They have it all while ordinary people are suffering. I have so much respect for the incredibly brave people in Russia who are out on the streets protesting against what their president is doing." Sen. Bernie Sanders
March 2, 2022 Lawson, Hayes, Torres, Warren, Sanders, Padilla, Murphy, Colleagues Urge Usda to Issue Clearer Guidance That Informs Students of Their SNAP Benefits Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
March 2, 2022 Letter to Chet Thompson, President and CEO of American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers - Rush, McNerney, Energy Subcommittee Members Press American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers on Russian Oil Imports Sen. Peter Welch, ...
March 1, 2022 Letter to Hon. Tom Vilsack, Secretary U.S. Department of Agriculture - Representatives Young, Moore Lead 112 House and Senate Colleagues in Urging USDA to Update the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Food Packages, Ensure Access to Healthy Food for Low-Income Families Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
March 1, 2022 Rep. Peter Welch Announces Virtual Guest for President Biden's State of the Union Address Sen. Peter Welch
March 1, 2022 Letter to Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States - Klobuchar, Bipartisan Group of Colleagues Urge Biden Administration to Extend Temporary Protected Status for Ukrainians Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
March 1, 2022 Letter to Hon. Thomas Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture U.S. Department of Agriculture - Senators Warnock, Warren, Sanders, Padilla, Murphy, Lawson, Hayes, Torres, Colleagues Urge USDA to Issue Clearer Guidance that Informs Students of Their SNAP Benefits Sen. Peter Welch, ...
March 1, 2022 Letter to Joseph Biden, President of the United Rights - Warner & Kaine Urge Biden Administration to Designate Ukraine for Temporary Protected Status Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
March 1, 2022 Rep Welch's Statement on President Biden's First State of the Union Address Sen. Peter Welch
March 1, 2022 Letter to Stephen J. Ubl, President and CEO of PhRMA - Senator Baldwin, Colleagues Call Out Drug Manufacturers For Squeezing American Families With Rapid and Widespread Price Hikes on Prescription Drugs Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Feb. 28, 2022 Letter to Hon. Tammy Baldwin, and Hon. Joe Hoeven, Chair and Ranking Member, Senate Appropriations Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, and Hon. Sanford Bishop and Hon. Andy Harris, Chair and Ranking Member, House Appropriations Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Subcommittee - ICYMI: Young, Panetta, Brown Lead Bipartisan Group Requesting Funding for The Emergency Food Assistance Program Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Feb. 28, 2022 Tweet - "Corporate greed is Amazon blaming a 17% increase in its prime membership fees on labor costs while its profits soared 56% last year to $33 billion & Jeff Bezos became $74 billion richer during the pandemic. The problem is not the Amazon worker making $15 an hour. It's greed." Sen. Bernie Sanders
Feb. 28, 2022 Letter to Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States, Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, Antony Blinken, Secretary of States - Rep. Gomez Leads 98 Members in Urging Biden Administration to Designate Ukraine for TPS or DED and Special Student Relief Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Feb. 28, 2022 Tweet - "Starbucks could give every one of its 383,000 workers a $5,000 bonus & still keep $2.6 billion in profits from last year. Instead they're raising prices while spending $20 billion on stock buybacks & dividends when profits are up 31%. Don't blame inflation. Blame corporate greed." Sen. Bernie Sanders
Feb. 28, 2022 Letter to Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States - Calling for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to Be Granted to Ukrainians Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Date Title Politician
March 17, 2022 Letter to Marcia Fudge, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Rohit Chopra, Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau - Brown, Colleagues Call for Review of Wells Fargo Refinancing Process Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
March 17, 2022 Welch Supports Major Funding Legislation, Including Ten Welch Community Projects and Aid to Ukraine Sen.Peter Welch
March 16, 2022 Tweet - "If Jeff Bezos can afford a $500 million yacht, a $23 million mansion with 25 bathrooms and a rocket ship to blast a comedian to outer space, you know what? Amazon can afford to give its employees a $3 raise. I stand in strong solidarity with the Amazon workers walkout." Sen.Bernie Sanders
March 16, 2022 Letter to Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States - Wyden, Merkley Urge White House to Include $4 Billion in Homeless Assistance Grants in its FY2023 Budget Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
March 15, 2022 Sanders, Colleagues Call on VA to Protect Veterans' Care Sen.Bernie Sanders
March 15, 2022 Tweet - "Why is the price of oil LOWER today than it was in 2014 while the average price for a gallon of gas nationwide is 80 cents a gallon HIGHER than it was eight years ago? Answer: Corporate greed. Now is no time for profiteering. Now is the time for a windfall profits tax." Sen.Bernie Sanders
March 15, 2022 Sanders Amendment to Double Funding for Nurses Passes Committee Sen.Bernie Sanders
March 14, 2022 Sanders Announces Winners of 12th Annual State of the Union Essay Contest for Vermont Students Sen.Bernie Sanders
March 14, 2022 Letter to the Commission on Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution Reform - Grassley Pushes For Financial Management Oversight At Department Of Defense Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
March 14, 2022 Letter to Hon. Lloyd Austin III, Secretary of Defense Department of Defense - Reps. Gallego, Crow, Jacobs, Larsen, Malinowski Lead Call for Progress on Civilian Harm at DOD Sen.Peter Welch, ...
March 14, 2022 Letter to Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States - Negotiations on Historic Climate Investments Sen.Peter Welch, ...
March 12, 2022 Tweet - "If we can spend $782 billion on the military industrial complex and handout $52 billion in corporate welfare to the profitable micro-chip industry, please do not tell me we cannot afford Medicare for All during a pandemic or the Green New Deal during a climate emergency." Sen.Bernie Sanders
March 11, 2022 Letter to Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, and Hon. Kevin McCarthy, Minority Leader of the House of Representatives - Reed Discusses Replenishing the Restaurant Revitalization Fund Sen.Peter Welch, ...
March 10, 2022 Letter to Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, Chuck Schumer, Senate Majority Leader, Kevin McCarthy, Minority Leader of the House, Mitch McConnell, Senate Minority Leader - Rep. Susie Lee Demands Investigations Into Price Gouging by Oil Companies Sen.Peter Welch, ...
March 10, 2022 Tweet - "I'm delighted to see an agreement reached so that the MLB season can start. But we must prevent the greed of baseball's oligarchs from destroying the game. The best way to do that is to end MLB's antitrust exemption and I will be introducing legislation to do just that." Sen.Bernie Sanders
March 10, 2022 Letter to Hon. Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary Department of Homeland Security, and Tae Johnson, Acting Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Reps. Grijalva Calls for End to Title 42 Sen.Peter Welch, ...
March 10, 2022 Sanders Statement on End of MLB Lockout Sen.Bernie Sanders
March 9, 2022 Tweet - "If there's one thing to learn from this horrible crisis it's this: We must end our dependence on big oil & authoritarian regimes for expensive fossil fuels that are destroying the planet & harming our economy. Now, more than ever, we need a Manhattan Project for renewable energy." Sen.Bernie Sanders
March 9, 2022 Letter to Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States - Urging Biden Administration to Address Student Loan Debt Sen.Peter Welch, ...
March 9, 2022 Tweet - "This is oligarchy. This is greed. This is callousness. Last year, over 2 million people worldwide died of hunger. At the same time, the world's 2,755 billionaires saw their wealth go up by $5 trillion -- from $8.6 trillion to $13.8 trillion. This is why we need a tax on wealth." Sen.Bernie Sanders
March 8, 2022 Tweet - "Today the Senate passed the Postal Service Reform Act. Is this all that is needed to fix the problems of the Postal Service? No, it is not. But it's an important step forward for one of our nation's most important government agencies, for its workers, and for our communities." Sen.Bernie Sanders
March 8, 2022 Sanders Statement on Passage of Major Postal Reform Bill Sen.Bernie Sanders
March 8, 2022 Letter to Chuck Schumer, Senate Majority Leader, Mitch McConnell, Senate Minority Leader, Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, Kevin McCarthy, Minority Leader of the House - Addressing Rising Prices and Severe Supply Chain Issues, Sinema Urges Congressional Leaders to Continue Boosting American Semiconductor Investments Sen.Peter Welch, ...
March 8, 2022 Letter to Charles Schumer, Senate Majority Leader, Mitch McConnell, Senate Minority Leader - Gillibrand Calls For Senate To Extend USDA School Meal Programs; Calls For McConnell To Drop "Callous Opposition' Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
March 8, 2022 -9999 Sen.Bernie Sanders
March 5, 2022 Tweet - "Super-large yachts have become the status symbol of the billionaire class. And Russian oligarchs are not the only people who own them. While half of our people work paycheck to paycheck, members of the American oligarchy spend hundreds of millions to build their very own yachts." Sen.Bernie Sanders
March 4, 2022 More Than 30,000 Vermont Households Join Sanders Statewide Telephone Town Meeting Sen.Bernie Sanders
March 4, 2022 Tweet - "Oligarchy and massive wealth inequality exists not just in Russia. It's worldwide. Since the pandemic, while the wealth of the world's 10 richest people DOUBLED, the income of 99% of the world's population declined. The result: More yachts for the rich. More hunger for the poor." Sen.Bernie Sanders
March 4, 2022 Tweet -"The GOP claims to be the party of the working class. Yet, the head of the GOP campaign arm released a plan to raise taxes on half of Americans while imposing massive cuts to Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and education. Oh, yeah. They sure LOVE working people. No doubt." Sen.Bernie Sanders
March 4, 2022 Sanders, Colleagues Demand Answers from Big PhRMA on Widespread Price Hikes on Popular Prescription Drugs Sen.Bernie Sanders
March 3, 2022 Letter to Chuck Schumer, Senate Majority Leader, Mitch McConnell, Senate Minority Leader - Feinstein, Heinrich, Colleagues Urge Extension of USDA Support for School Meal Programs as Schools Transition Back to Normal Operations Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
March 3, 2022 Tweet - "Unfortunately, we have a corrupt political system and some Senators are more interested in getting campaign contributions from the wealthy and the powerful than doing the work of the American people. It's a sad state of affairs." Sen.Bernie Sanders
March 3, 2022 Tweet - "This is what Oligarchy and Authoritarianism is all about. Putin is not only destroying Ukraine and the Russian economy. He is now in the process of ending the last vestiges of Russian democracy and free speech." Sen.Bernie Sanders
March 3, 2022 Letter to Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture - Warner & Kaine Urge Changes to SNAP Benefits Guidance to Address Food Insecurity among Students Sen.Peter Welch, ...
March 2, 2022 Budgetary Revisions Sen.Bernie Sanders
March 2, 2022 Tweet - "Putin and his oligarch friends have stolen from the Russian people. They have it all while ordinary people are suffering. I have so much respect for the incredibly brave people in Russia who are out on the streets protesting against what their president is doing." Sen.Bernie Sanders
March 2, 2022 Lawson, Hayes, Torres, Warren, Sanders, Padilla, Murphy, Colleagues Urge Usda to Issue Clearer Guidance That Informs Students of Their SNAP Benefits Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
March 2, 2022 Letter to Chet Thompson, President and CEO of American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers - Rush, McNerney, Energy Subcommittee Members Press American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers on Russian Oil Imports Sen.Peter Welch, ...
March 1, 2022 Letter to Hon. Tom Vilsack, Secretary U.S. Department of Agriculture - Representatives Young, Moore Lead 112 House and Senate Colleagues in Urging USDA to Update the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Food Packages, Ensure Access to Healthy Food for Low-Income Families Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
March 1, 2022 Rep. Peter Welch Announces Virtual Guest for President Biden's State of the Union Address Sen.Peter Welch
March 1, 2022 Letter to Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States - Klobuchar, Bipartisan Group of Colleagues Urge Biden Administration to Extend Temporary Protected Status for Ukrainians Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
March 1, 2022 Letter to Hon. Thomas Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture U.S. Department of Agriculture - Senators Warnock, Warren, Sanders, Padilla, Murphy, Lawson, Hayes, Torres, Colleagues Urge USDA to Issue Clearer Guidance that Informs Students of Their SNAP Benefits Sen.Peter Welch, ...
March 1, 2022 Letter to Joseph Biden, President of the United Rights - Warner & Kaine Urge Biden Administration to Designate Ukraine for Temporary Protected Status Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
March 1, 2022 Rep Welch's Statement on President Biden's First State of the Union Address Sen.Peter Welch
March 1, 2022 Letter to Stephen J. Ubl, President and CEO of PhRMA - Senator Baldwin, Colleagues Call Out Drug Manufacturers For Squeezing American Families With Rapid and Widespread Price Hikes on Prescription Drugs Sen.Peter Welch, ...
Feb. 28, 2022 Letter to Hon. Tammy Baldwin, and Hon. Joe Hoeven, Chair and Ranking Member, Senate Appropriations Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, and Hon. Sanford Bishop and Hon. Andy Harris, Chair and Ranking Member, House Appropriations Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Subcommittee - ICYMI: Young, Panetta, Brown Lead Bipartisan Group Requesting Funding for The Emergency Food Assistance Program Sen.Peter Welch, ...
Feb. 28, 2022 Tweet - "Corporate greed is Amazon blaming a 17% increase in its prime membership fees on labor costs while its profits soared 56% last year to $33 billion & Jeff Bezos became $74 billion richer during the pandemic. The problem is not the Amazon worker making $15 an hour. It's greed." Sen.Bernie Sanders
Feb. 28, 2022 Letter to Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States, Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, Antony Blinken, Secretary of States - Rep. Gomez Leads 98 Members in Urging Biden Administration to Designate Ukraine for TPS or DED and Special Student Relief Sen.Peter Welch, ...
Feb. 28, 2022 Tweet - "Starbucks could give every one of its 383,000 workers a $5,000 bonus & still keep $2.6 billion in profits from last year. Instead they're raising prices while spending $20 billion on stock buybacks & dividends when profits are up 31%. Don't blame inflation. Blame corporate greed." Sen.Bernie Sanders
Feb. 28, 2022 Letter to Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States - Calling for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to Be Granted to Ukrainians Sen.Peter Welch, ...
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