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JOHNSON, SOUTH HERO & BETHEL, VT — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) will travel to Windsor, Grand Isle, and Lamoille Counties next week as part of his ‘Common Grounds with Senator Welch’ listening session series.   Senator Welch invites Vermonters to get a cup of coffee and discuss how Washington can work better for the Green Mountain State. The Common…

April is National Donate Life Month, which raises awareness for organ, eye, and tissue donation  WASHINGTON, D.C. – On the first day of National Donate Life Month, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Finance Subcommittee on Health Care, cosponsored the Living Donor Protection Act, bipartisan, bicameral legislation led by U.S. Senators…

Bill would help 30 million Americans—including nearly 100,000 Vermonters— access rural housing assistance for the first time  WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development, Energy, and Credit, today joined U.S. Senators Jim Justice (R-W.Va.), Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), Members of the Senate Agriculture Committee, in introducing the Fostering the Availability in Rural Markets of (FARM) Home…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Finance Subcommittee on Health Care, cosponsored the Safe Step Act, bipartisan, bicameral legislation led by U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) to ensure patients can safely and efficiently access the best treatment available by improving step therapy protocols. U.S.…

WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) released the following statement after the Senate voted unanimously to fund the TSA, Coast Guard, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and FEMA without funding for ICE and parts of Customs and Border Protection:  “Vermonters made their voice clear: no more ICE or Border Patrol funding unless reforms…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) spoke on the Senate floor and emphasized how President Trump’s $200 billion request for funding to support his war of choice in Iran will drive up costs for American families, farmers, and small business owners. In his remarks, Senator Welch urged candor from the president about his administration’s…

WASHINGTON, D.C.— U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, wrote to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Inspector General (IG) Joseph Cuffari regarding his office’s reported probe into DHS’s award of $220 million in no bid contracts for an advertising campaign…