Elisabeth St. Onge

BRATTLEBORO, VT – Today, Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Chair of the Senate Agriculture Committee’s Subcommittee on Rural Development and Energy, toured a floodplain restoration project along the Whetstone Brook in Brattleboro, which is funded in-part through the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)’s Hazard Mitigation…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, U.S. Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) introduced the Safe and Private Rides Act, legislation which would protect rideshare passengers’ privacy by requiring transportation network companies (TNCs) to notify passengers when their driver has a video recording device…

Bill would reduce administrative burden for applicants and state agencies  WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and U.S. Representative Nanette Barragán (D-CA-44) introduced the bicameral SNAP Recertification Reform Act, legislation that would give states and qualifying Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) took to the Senate Floor to highlight the importance of passing the Right to IVF Act, legislation that would establish a statutory right to access in vitro fertilization (IVF) and remove barriers for families seeking to…

Highlights Electric Aviation in the State  WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a Senate Commerce Committee hearing today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) questioned U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Michael Whitaker about how the FAA plans to address the major shortage in air traffic controllers that…