Elisabeth St. Onge

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) introduced the Artificial Intelligence Consumer Opt-In, Notification Standards, and Ethical Norms for Training (AI CONSENT) Act, legislation that would require online platforms to obtain consumers’ express informed consent before using their…

Research has shown that many eligible voters still fail to exercise their right to vote because they are unable to get time off from work   WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii) recently introduced the Time Off to Vote Act, legislation cosponsored by…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last week, U.S. Senator Laphonza Butler (D-Calif.)—the first Black and openly LGBTQ+ senator to serve in the Senate—and U.S. Senator Tina Smith (D-Minn.), led Senate colleagues in introducing the Pride in Mental Health Act, cosponsored by U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), which…

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…