Rep. Becca Balint

Mom, Teacher, Vermonter, Writer & Congresswoman for VT, fighting for working families. @HouseJudiciary & @HouseBudgetDems. She/Her. Official. 🏳️‍🌈🏔️🏍️🍁

[Rep. Becca Balint @RepBeccaB]

All you've done for the last 15 years is try to repeal, defund, deauthorize, and dismantle the Affordable Care Act with no alternative. No alternative. Give me a damn break.

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Mike Johnson: "Let me look right into the camera and tell you very clearly: Republicans are the ones concerned about healthcare. Republicans are the party working around the clock everyday to fix healthcare. This is not talking points for us: we've done it."

[Rep. Becca Balint @RepBeccaB]

No person or corporation should be above the law. And when Meta is found to have violated a state law 43 million times, they must be made to pay the consequences.

This is unfortunately welcome news.

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Breaking News: Meta must pay $25 billion, one of the largest penalties levied against the tech giant, for deceiving users about data privacy. https://t.co/Ne6UrUiwJD

[Rep. Becca Balint @RepBeccaB]

Nothing will stop me from defending LGBTQ+ folks in Vermont and across the country, or from working to combat this administration’s discrimination against us.

I’m proud of this perfect score from @HRC and look forward to keeping up the fight in the years to come.

[Rep. Becca Balint @RepBeccaB]

This is a violation of international law and absolutely unacceptable. I’m grateful Brad has been released but he never should have been detained in the first place. Others remain in custody - all for the crime of accompanying farmers during the olive harvest - and they all must be released immediately.

This is why we must pass legislation like the Stop the Settlements Act and tell the Israeli government that enough is enough.

[Brad Lander @bradlander]

I’ve been released from IDF custody with a “warning,” apparently because of my public profile (I told them I wasn’t even a congressmember yet, just a nominee).

But several dozen rabbis & participants harvesting olives with me are still in detention. For harvesting olives. They should all be released immediately.

To be clear: Palestinians face far worse consequences every day. These detentions by the IDF are one more attempt to undermine Palestinians’ right to harvest their olive groves, travel on their roads, and live in their homes. Yet one more element of escalating, and very clearly state-sponsored ethnic cleansing.

We’ll update on their status as soon as we hear.

[Rep. Becca Balint @RepBeccaB]

Let’s talk about Alina Habba’s pay to play pardon scheme.

This abuse of the pardon power is, of course, outrageous. We are absolutely looking at any way to rein stuff like this in, no matter how difficult it is.

No president of any party should be able to do this.

[Rep. Becca Balint @RepBeccaB]

The Northeast Dairy Business Innovation Center is an essential resource for Vermont dairy farmers and grants from this program help make sure that dairy can prosper into the future.

I joined colleagues – incl. @SenSanders and @SenPeterWelch – to press USDA to reverse course.

[Rep. Becca Balint @RepBeccaB]

I’m disgusted by what Trump is doing to Ukraine right now. It threatens the safety of all of Europe and ours as well, to be aligned with a brutal dictator like Putin. 

We must work with likeminded Republicans - they exist on this - to urgently chart a new course.

[Rep. Becca Balint @RepBeccaB]

Housing is one of our biggest challenges in Vermont, and it touches so many of our other issues too.

That’s why it was so exciting to secure $1.75 million for the new West Brattleboro Terrace, which will provide affordable housing to 30 seniors when it’s complete.

[Rep. Becca Balint @RepBeccaB]

Proud to stand with @SenSanders and @SenPeterWelch to announce this major funding that will help improve safety and reliability on the Vermont Railway. It's a win-win for our rural communities!

[Rep. Becca Balint @RepBeccaB]

Donald Trump is gaslighting people about the state of our economy. 

Just ask yourself: do you have more money in your pocket today than you did on the day he took office in 2025?

[Rep. Becca Balint @RepBeccaB]

Election Day is two weeks away!

Whether you’ll be voting by mail, voting early, or voting on Election Day itself, please see this new page on my website for helpful tips to make sure your voice is heard, no matter your voting plan. https://t.co/akEaVUWov0

[Rep. Becca Balint @RepBeccaB]

We have been notified by the U.S. Postal Inspection Service that a letter intended for our office may contain a suspicious substance. We are working closely with postal inspectors and the appropriate law enforcement agencies to ensure the letter is safely intercepted and tested.

Threats against public servants are serious, and the safety of my staff and the Vermonters we serve is my priority. We are grateful to the postal inspectors and law enforcement officials working to address these incidents, and we will continue serving Vermonters while the investigation proceeds.

[Rep. Becca Balint @RepBeccaB]

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[Rep. Becca Balint @RepBeccaB]

The sky-high cost of diesel is making life harder for everyone, including our first responders and essential government services.

We need to end the war in Iran, bring these prices down, and stop putting this strain on our public servants.

[Congressional Equality Caucus @EqualityCaucus]

A champion for trans rights, CEC Co-Chair @RepBeccaB led over 100 Members of Congress earlier this year in demanding the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services abandon proposed anti-trans rules.

[Rep. Becca Balint @RepBeccaB]

There are a lot of sick parts of our immigration system right now. One example is how *toddlers* are being forced to face immigration judges with absolutely no legal representation.

It’s cruel and inhumane.

[Rep. Becca Balint @RepBeccaB]

What we saw this weekend was a culmination of 2 years of energy building into this election.

People are certainly feeling anxious, but also very optimistic that they have an opportunity to really make a difference in this country.

[Rep. Becca Balint @RepBeccaB]

After their initial tariffs were found to be illegal, the Trump admin was forced to give refunds.

But we can see that the refunds are covering less than 35% of what VT small business importers paid. And that this money isn’t coming back to the consumers who paid the price in the first place.

[Rep. Becca Balint @RepBeccaB]

I’m so inspired by the students in North Carolina who marched to the next polling site after theirs was closed.

That’s the kind of energy we need right now.

[Rep. Becca Balint @RepBeccaB]

Medicare Open Enrollment started on October 15th and ends on December 6th. If you are a Medicare beneficiary, go to https://t.co/rUY5wWp8r3 to change, join, or drop your Medicare plan and prescription drug coverage.

[Rep. Becca Balint @RepBeccaB]

People placed big bets just minutes before Trump announced a major policy reversal on Iran. Nonpolitical staff flagged suspicious insider trades. Then a Trump appointee told them to pull the report. 

Who benefits from this? Because it sure as hell isn’t the American people.

[Bloomberg @business]

CFTC staff analyzing oil trades for insider trading were told to retract their referral to the agency's enforcement division. https://t.co/uQbyCVBSNt