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Jan 13, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) recently led a group of his bicameral colleagues, Senators Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), and Representatives Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-07), Jim McGovern (D-MA-02), Sara Jacobs (D-CA-51), and Joaquin Castro (D-TX-20)…
Press Release
Jan 13, 2025
BURLINGTON, VT – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today joined the Committee on Temporary Shelter (COTS) to celebrate the opening of a new winter warming shelter in the Queen City, located at 58 Pearl Street in Burlington. The new overnight, low barrier shelter will have…
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Dec 29, 2024
BURLINGTON, VT – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today released the following statement on the passing of former President Jimmy Carter, the 39th President of the United States and a renowned humanitarian leader: “I met Jimmy Carter in 1976 at the Hotel Coolidge in White…
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Dec 23, 2024
Bill paves the way for more generic drugs to come to market WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) joined Senators John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), and Susan Collins (R-Maine) recently to introduce the bipartisan Skinny Labels, Big Savings Act, legislation designed to…
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Dec 23, 2024
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) recently introduced the Trustworthy by Design Artificial Intelligence (TBD A.I.) Act, legislation that aims to address realistic, short-term challenges created by unregulated A.I. technologies by establishing best practice guidelines for all…