Elisabeth St. Onge

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Thursday, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Commerce Committee, joined U.S. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) in sending a letter to U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Jennifer Granholm, U.S. Department…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and Ed Markey (D-Mass.) sent a letter to U.S. Consumer Protect Safety Commission (CPSC) Chair Alexander Hoehn-Saric urging the CPSC to pursue a recall for Mattel’s Fisher-Price Infant-to-Toddler Rocker and the similarly-designed Kids2…

Under Section 620I of the Foreign Assistance Act humanitarian aid access must not be restricted, directly or indirectly, or U.S. assistance may be cut off  WASHINGTON, D.C. – Amid the ongoing humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) joined Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.),…

WCK distributes meals in communities where food systems are disrupted by war and other disasters, including Gaza and Ukraine  WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Chris Coons (D-Del.), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, hosted a briefing with World Central…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) joined U.S. Representatives Nick Langworthy (R-N.Y.-23) and Joe Courtney (D-Conn.-02) in leading their colleagues in the bicameral, bipartisan introduction of the Making Agricultural Products Locally Essential (MAPLE) Act, legislation that supports the…