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With just nine days left to pass crucial legislation and avert a federal government shutdown, the Federal Emergency Management Agency is watching closely. A FEMA budget that's already tight and an impasse in Congress over a bill to keep the government open beyond Sept. 30 — when funding…

Years before coming to Congress, Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vt., was a public defender, and now he's raising the alarm about proposed cuts by the House and Senate to the federal public defender system, which he calls a "bedrock requirement" of the American judicial system. Over…

Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vt., and Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, explain their efforts to help victims ahead of the 9/11 anniversary and provide insight on the spending bill on 'Special Report.' | 9.6.2023

He’s the oldest person to be newly elected to the upper chamber, he’s praising Mitch McConnell and he’s cooking his wife’s salmon recipe for Sens. John Fetterman and Katie Britt. Sen. Peter Welch's experience forging professional friendships fills a role in the Senate, where dealmakers…

WASHINGTON — Sen. Peter Welch introduced new legislation in Washington this week. It's to help lower the cost of college for current and future borrowers. The "Student Loan Interest Elimination Act" would re-finance the interest on federal student loans for all existing borrowers to 0%.…

Mike Dougherty / Vermont PublicRep. Becca Balint discusses the state's flood response at a press conference in Berlin on Wednesday, July 12. From farmers to restaurant owners, many Vermonters are counting on federal disaster assistance to help them recover from last week's catastrophic flooding. Vermont's congressional delegation has…