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Sanders and Klobuchar Reintroduce Legislation to Cut Drug Prices in Half

By Green Mountain Times Report | May 12, 2023

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, and Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) on Thursday introduced legislation to cut the price of prescription drugs under Medicare in half by requiring Medicare to pay no more for prescription drugs than the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). If this legislation were signed into law, Medicare would save an estimated $835 billion over the next decade.

Sanders and Klobuchar Reintroduce Legislation to Cut Drug Prices in Half

By Green Mountain Times Report | May 11, 2023

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, on May 4 outside the U.S.

Welch Calls for Accountability and Ethics Among Supreme Court Justices

By Green Mountain Times Report | May 11, 2023

Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) may 4 joined the Senate Committee on the Judiciary’s hearing on Supreme Court Ethics Reform to call for the creation of a code of conduct for members of the Supreme Court, amidst a series of reports of ethical impropriety among the Justices.

Welch Calls for Action to Avoid Catastrophic Default on U.S. Debt

By Green Mountain Times Report | May 10, 2023

In a May 2 floor speech, Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) laid out the catastrophic economic effects of defaulting on our national debt, after House Republicans made clear they are willing to risk default to force substantial cuts to programs that create jobs, support working families, and increase revenue for the federal government.