Press Release
Dec 17, 2024
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on legalized sports betting, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) called out online sports gambling companies FanDuel and DraftKings for exploiting the addictive nature of gambling and undermining antitrust law. The hearing comes after Senator Welch…
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Dec 17, 2024
Bill strengthens assistance efforts in humanitarian removal of land mines WASHINGTON, D.C.— U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) led his colleagues in introducing the Conventional Weapons Destruction and Legacy of Senator Patrick Leahy Act, a new bill to honor Senator Welch’s predecessor, Senator Patrick Leahy, for…
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Dec 16, 2024
STOWE, VT — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) joined the U.S. Department of Agriculture-Rural Development (USDA-RD) this morning at the Town of Stowe Electric Department to celebrate $6 million in new federal funding for Vermont’s transition to clean energy. The funding, powered by the USDA’s…
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Dec 16, 2024
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) led Senators Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), and Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) in urging President Biden to promptly designate…
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Dec 13, 2024
BURLINGTON, VT – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) called on Congressional leadership to come to the table in good faith and extend premium health care tax credit immediately before millions of Affordable Care Act (ACA) enrollees see higher premiums, and up to 5 million lose…
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Dec 13, 2024
WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), the Senate’s only former federal public defender, joined U.S. Representatives Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR-01) and Kelly Armstrong (R-ND-At Large) in introducing the Federal Public Defense Commission Act of 2024, bicameral legislation that would establish a new…