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@SenatorLeahy
Jun 25, 2020 • 3 tweets • 3 min read • Read on X
7 yrs. ago today SCOTUS issued the disastrous Shelby decision, gutting the Voting Rights Act & unleashing a torrent of voter suppression. Just days ago we saw Shelby in action: sudden poll closures & long lines ALL OCCURRING in minority-heavy precincts. Coincidence? No.
We need to act fast & #ProtectOurVote by taking up & passing my bipartisan Voting Rights Advancement Act which the House ALREADY passed (#HR4) & is supported by 46 senators. My #VRAA would restore the Voting Rights Act, and in doing so, #RestoreTheVote. Image
Why is @senatemajldr afraid to release the #VRAA from his legislative graveyard? Empowering all Americans to vote isn't a Democratic or Republican priority; it's the American way. I urge all senators to join me in calling on Leader McConnell to allow a vote to #RestoreTheVote

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Aug 12, 2022
BIG Vermont transportation news — 1/6
Pleased to announce with @SenSanders @PeterWelch @GovPhilScott and others VT will receive over $34 million of RAISE grants from @USDOT to replace the Winooski River Bridge; construct the Federal Street Multi-Modal Connector in St. Albans; and improve public transit in NW VT. 2/6
.@AOTVermont will receive $24.8 million to replace the existing Main Street Bridge in @winooskivt with a new, wider bridge that will reduce congestion and include barrier-separated, multi-use paths for pedestrians and bikers. 3/6
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Powerful words from #VT’s TAG MG Knight. When I spoke with him yesterday, I told him how proud I was. leahy.senate.gov/press/comment-… Image
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Apr 22, 2022
The Army Mountain Warfare School in Jericho, VT, trains not only soldiers from the Active, Guard, and Reserves, but also members from every service, Federal agencies, and NATO Allies. Image
LTC Gagner (r) knows Mountain training is about moving and succeeding in difficult conditions and difficult terrain—it’s turning challenges like this wall behind me and MG Knight into opportunities. Image
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Apr 5, 2022
Republicans blocked a bipartisan COVID package that would have provided more vaccines, tests, & treatments to Americans. They would rather hold this bill hostage to secure votes on partisan, unrelated policy matters than make Americans more safe from the next COVID surge/variant.
This is not the bill I would have written. The lack of any funding to support a global vaccination campaign is shortsighted & dangerous. A virus does not recognize our borders. But that is the result of a bipartisan negotiation. The Senate should have advanced this bill today.
We need to fund testing, therapeutics, & vaccinations, NOW. We cannot wait for the next wave or a new variant. I strongly support this agreement, and I will work to obtain funding to stop the virus from spreading and mutating overseas, and attacking Americans here at home.
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Feb 17, 2022
Yesterday the Senate passed the Health Care for Burn Pits Veterans Act, led by my friends @SenatorTester and @JerryMoran. Huge step forward, that I am proud to support because it makes a difference now while we keep working for more.
Veterans in Vermont and @VTNationalGuard have died of rare #cancer after service exposure to burn pits. I’m proud to co-sponsor Health Care for Burn Pits Veterans Act which strengthens toxic exposure research and helps @DeptVetAffairs understand links btwn exposure and illness.
The Health Care for Burn Pit Veterans Act expands access to @DeptVetAffairs health care to all Post-9/11 combat veterans and helps ensure #burnpit exposure-related illnesses get early identification and treatment.
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Feb 9, 2022
Nine years ago, I was proud to lead the bipartisan efforts to reauthorize and strengthen the historic Violence Against Women Act.
And when that authorization lapsed three years ago, I immediately set to work with others in the Senate to draft a new authorization to support victims of violence.
Today, those efforts are a reality, and we have introduced the bipartisan Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act. Victims of domestic and sexual violence need our support, now.
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