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WASHINGTON — The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) today has approved and recommended for award an application from Vermont, allowing the state to request access to more than $5 million to implement its Digital Equity Plan. This funding comes from the…

Welch Speaks on Senate Floor Ahead of Vote  WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today voted in favor of Joint Resolutions of Disapproval (JRD) to block the sales of certain offensive arms and weapons to Israel. The JRDs, led by Senator Bernie Sanders…

Legislation would establish ambitious standard to rapidly reduce emissions and achieve up to 100% renewable energy generation by 2044  WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and U.S. Representative Yvette Clarke (D-NY-09) introduced the bicameral American Renewable Energy Act…

More than 14,000 need urgent medical evacuation for life-saving treatment, including thousands of children WASHINGTON, D.C. — The readout below is attributable to Aaron White, Director of Communications for Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.):  This afternoon in his Capitol Hill office, Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and…

“We cannot afford to wait to help Vermont, and states across the nation, recover and rebuild.” WASHINGTON, D.C. – As the nation contends with dwindling disaster relief funds, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.), and Rep. Becca Balint (D-At Large) today called for…

WASHINGTON, D.C. –Today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) celebrated the Department of Commerce’s announcement finalizing $1.5 billion in direct funding to GlobalFoundries (GF) from the bipartisan CHIPS and Science Act, which Sen. Welch helped pass as a member of the House. The funds will expand…

Welch: “You are killing small business in the United States of America.” WASHINGTON, D.C. –  During a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) grilled Visa and Mastercard executives about their duopoly over the credit card market and the interchange fees—or swipe…