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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Chair of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development and Energy and member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, introduced the Electrifying Rural Transportation Act (ERTA), legislation to create a new grant program to…

Senator Peter WelchStatement for the Congressional RecordDecember 4, 2024On Remembering Donald H. Turner, Jr. Madam President, Donald H. Turner, Jr. epitomized public service.  Don grew up in Milton, Vermont, a town of less than 11,000 people. When he was a boy, it had half that…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) took to the Senate floor today to urge Congress to pass disaster aid in the final days of the 118th Congress. In his remarks, Senator Welch highlighted extreme weather disasters that have impacted communities in Vermont and…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Vermont Congressional Delegation, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), and Representative Becca Balint (VT-At-Large) today called on Troy Miller, Acting Commissioner of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), to immediately return the hours of operation for six Land Ports of Entry (LPOEs) in…

What’s the news: Following AMA advocacy in leading the charge to reform the Medicare payment system, a bipartisan group in the U.S. Senate has joined to ask the chamber’s Democratic and Republican leaders to address the 2.8% cuts to Medicare payment that are scheduled to take effect…

“This decision is of great concern to our constituents in border communities and surrounding areas, as it negatively affects public safety, the local economy, and the availability of workers in critical industries,” the Vermont delegation wrote. The U.S.-Canadian border crossing in Norton, Vermont, in March…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) today requested the Government Accountability Office (GAO) provide more information to Congress on the ability of existing U.S. export controls to manage A.I.-related national security risks and human rights concerns. The Senators emphasized…