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Vermont is one of two states without a Residential Reentry Center  WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today questioned U.S. Attorney General Nominee Pamela Bondi at her confirmation hearing. In addition to pressing Ms. Bondi on…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today joined Senators Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), John Hickenlooper (D-Colo), Angus King (I-Maine), Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), and Mark Warner (D-Va.) in unveiling an amendment…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) welcomes the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas to stop the fighting and release Israeli hostages, brokered with the support of the Biden Administration. The agreement was approved following months of negotiations, and more than 15 months…

Welch Called for Admin to Remove Cuba from List of State Sponsors of Terrorism in December  WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) released the following statement in response to congressional notification of the Biden Administration’s shift in United States-Cuba relations:  “I welcome the…

Vermont GaN Tech Hub consortium is one of six Tech Hubs to receive new funding WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today celebrated a new $23 million investment in the University of Vermont’s Tech Hub, which boosts research, advances manufacturing and expands cutting-edge…

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)…