Becca Balint

"This is pathetic. I am not asking trick questions," said Rep. Becca Balint, who tried to ask the attorney general whether the Justice Department had questioned Trump administration officials about ties to Epstein. "The American people deserve to know."

The 158th Fighter Wing was deployed to the Caribbean in mid-December. U.S. forces are taking military action in Venezuela.

The government shutdown began on Oct. 1, but the House hasn't been in session since Sep. 19.

Their statements, all issued Wednesday, came one day after a United Nations commission came to the same conclusion.

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known as SNAP, supplies the vast majority of food aid in Vermont, where about 65,000 residents received $155 million in benefits last year.

Vermont's congresswoman discusses the budget bill that passed the House last week, the ongoing war in Gaza, impeachment, and U.S.-Canada relations.

Republican Gov. Phil Scott says prohibiting federal immigration authorities from using state-owned prisons to lodge detainees could end up hurting the immigrants that Democratic lawmakers are trying to protect.

GOP leaders say they want to extend Trump tax cuts enacted in 2017, and they are targeting Medicaid and several food assistance programs to help pay for the cuts.

Vermont's entire Congressional delegation attended President Donald Trump's swearing in ceremony on Monday. Numerous Democratic members of Congress and other dignitaries skipped the ceremony. But U.S. senators Peter Welch and Bernie Sanders and U.S. Rep. Becca Balint were in attendance.

Rep. Becca Balint discusses her priorities around housing issues, as well as how she hopes to work across the aisle and be fearless as she enters her second term in the House of Representatives.