Author: Sophie Jager

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NEWS: More Than 13,000 Vermonters Join Telephone Town Meeting on Flood Disaster Response with Sanders, Welch, Balint, Scott, and Agency Leaders

WASHINGTON, July 28 – On Wednesday evening, Sen. Bernie Sanders hosted a statewide telephone town meeting on Vermont’s flooding disaster with Sen. Peter Welch, Representative Becca Balint, and Governor Phil…

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Governor Phil Scott, Senator Bernie Sanders, State and Local Officials and Trail Communities will Celebrate the Newly Completed Lamoille Valley Rail Trail on July 15

All are invited to join in the Governor’s end-to-end bike ride and community events along the 93-mile trail. Sanders secured the initial federal funding to establish the LVRT in 2005.…

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MEDIA ADVISORY: Sen. Sanders, Sen. Welch, and Rep. Balint to Hold Town Meeting on Youth Mental Health Crisis

BURLINGTON, Vt., June 27 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, with Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Rep. Becca Balint (D-Vt.),…

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Vermont Delegation Condemns Lyndonville Library Incident Targeting Black Queer Poet

Washington, D.C –Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.), and Rep. Becca Balint (D-Vt.) issued the following statement condemning the targeted incident at LGBTQI+ poetry event at Lyndonville Library earlier this week: “Hate…

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