Leahy heads Congressional delegation to Cuba, Haiti and Colombia
Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) is heading a bicameral, bipartisan congressional delegation of four senators and two House members in visits to Cuba, Haiti and Colombia.
Delegation announces $930,000 loan to Jasper Hill Farms
Vermont’s congressional delegation – Sen. Patrick Leahy, Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Peter Welch – today announced a $930,000 federal loan guarantee to Jasper Hill Farms in Greensboro. The funds will support 20 existing jobs and create 14 new ones.
Leahy introduces Cyber Crime Protection Security Act
“We simply cannot afford to ignore the growing threat of cyber crime,” said Leahy. “We must give the dedicated prosecutors and investigators in our government the tools that they need to address criminal activity in cyberspace.”
Vermont’s congressional delegation introduces safety net legislation for dairy farmers
The MILC Continuation Act of 2012 would extend for one year the Milk Income Loss Contract (MILC) program at current support levels, which helps dairy farmers when the price of milk falls below $16.94 per hundredweight.
Leahy announces $5.75 million in Homeland Security grants
Leahy: “These grants will both help us ensure our first responders are prepared to respond to incidents threatening national security and help our state prepare for future natural disasters.”
Leahy, author Of U.S. Organic Program, hails historic U.S.-EU agreement on organic trade
For immediate release Feb. 16, 2012 Contact Ali Peterson Email: Ali_Peterson@leahy.senate.gov WASHINGTON (WEDNESDAY, Feb. 15) – In another historic breakthrough for the burgeoning organic sector of American agriculture, the United States and the European Union Wednesday announced a pact that will facilitate organic trade between the two regions, the two largest organic producers in the [...]
Burlington Police Chief Schirling tells senate panel that bulletproof vests Pgm.saves and protects officers’ lives
For immediate release Feb. 15, 2012 Contact Ali Peterson Email: Ali_Peterson@leahy.senate.gov WASHINGTON – Burlington Police Chief Michael Schirling was lead-off witness Wednesday for a hearing convened by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) about extending the charter of the Leahy-authored Bulletproof Vests Partnership Grant Program, which offers federal help to local police departments in buying [...]
Leahy chairs hearing on lifesaving Bulletproof Vest Program
For immediate release Feb. 15, 2012 Contact Erica Chabot Email: Erica_Chabot@Judiciary-dem.senate.gov ***Photos of Wednesday’s hearing are available on Senator Leahy’s website.*** WASHINGTON (Wednesday, Feb. 15) – Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) Wednesday chaired a hearing in Washington, D.C., about the importance of the lifesaving Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program, a federal grant program to assist state and local [...]
Senators support saving the postal service
Contact Michael Briggs Phone: (202) 224-5141 WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 – A group of 27 senators called today for “significant improvements” in a bill to modernize the U.S. Postal Service. In a letter to a Senate panel that oversees the Postal Service, Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Patrick Leahy and 25 others suggested specific measures to preserve first-class and Saturday [...]
Leahy to chair hearing on bulletproof vest grant program
For immediate release Feb. 14, 2012 Contact WASHINGTON – Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy will chair a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday, Feb. 15, focused on the lifesaving Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program, which has helped provide law enforcement officers in Vermont with over 3600 vests since 1999. Leahy has invited Burlington Police Chief Michael Schirling [...]
