Elisabeth St. Onge

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), and U.S. Representative Harriet Hageman (R-WY-AL) today introduced the Research and Oversight of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Courts Act of 2026, bipartisan, bicameral legislation to establish a task force composed of judicial experts to examine the use of AI speech-to-text and automatic…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) denounced President Trump and Republicans’ efforts to disenfranchise voters with the so-called ‘SAVE America Act’ from the floor of the U.S. Senate. Welch highlighted how this reckless bill would block millions of U.S. citizens from voting—disproportionately impacting women, people of color, seniors, and rural voters—and make it harder to register and vote by disrupting online…

Vermonters lose millions of dollars to online fraud schemes every year  The SCAM Act is supported by The Vermont Country Store  WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights, cosponsored the Safeguarding Consumers from Advertising Misconduct (SCAM) Act, bipartisan legislation led by U.S. Senators Ruben…

Welch calls on Congress to pass his bicameral Justice for Hind Rajab Act   WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today spoke on the Senate floor to outline essential elements of any agreement between the United States and Cuba, amidst President Trump’s ongoing oil blockade and reports of a possible “deal” between the countries. In his remarks, the Senator warned that…

Hind is honored in Oscar-nominated film, “The Voice of Hind Rajab”  WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and U.S. Representative Sara Jacobs (D-CA-51) today led Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Reps. Joaquin Castro (D-TX-20) and Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-07) in introducing the Justice for Hind Rajab Act, legislation that requires the U.S. government to investigate and hold accountable those responsible…