Leahy Law

Palestinian men walk near rubble of houses destroyed during the Israeli offensive, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, March 13, 2025. REUTERS/Hatem Khaled/File Photo WASHINGTON, May 6 (Reuters) - A group of U.S. senators wants Congress' watchdog agency to investigate whether controls on humanitarian…

WASHINGTON, D.C.—This afternoon, Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) joined Senators Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) in calling on their colleagues to support Joint Resolutions of Disapproval to block certain offensive arms and weapons sales to Israel.   “All of us here…

Elodie Reed/Vermont Public FileDemonstrators stand outside Sen. Bernie Sanders' Burlington office on Friday, Nov. 17, 2023. Almost exactly a year later, Vermont's entire congressional delegation is asking the Biden administration to stop sending offensive weapons to Israel. Vermont’s congressional delegation is criticizing the Biden administration…