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Apr 05, 2024
In response to pressure from Democratic lawmakers including Rep. Nancy Pelosi, the Biden administration may opt to withhold some U.S. weapons from future arms deliveries. People gather around the carcass of a car used by aid group World Central Kitchen that was hit by an…
Press Release
Apr 05, 2024
BURLINGTON, VT – Ahead of Monday’s total solar eclipse, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, shared eye safety tips from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Northern Vermont will be one of the best…
Press Release
Apr 05, 2024
The legislation would support research funding at five federal research agencies WASHINGTON, D.C. –U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and U.S. Representative Bill Foster (D-Ill.-11) reintroduced the bicameral American Innovation Act, legislation cosponsored by U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), which would provide annual budget…
Press Release
Apr 04, 2024
BURLINGTON, VT – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), the Senate’s only former federal public defender, last month took to the Senate Floor to address the important role public defenders play in promoting the rule of law and supporting democracy and the Constitution. Senator Welch also…
Press Release
Apr 04, 2024
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Chair of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development and Energy, led U.S. Senators Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.); Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), and U.S. Representatives Becca Balint (VT-AL), Ann Kuster (D-N.H.), and Chris Pappas (D-N.H.)…