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Welch on Senate Floor Last Week: “We can’t expect our communities—those who are ravaged by disaster—to fight alone.” Welch Joins Senators from Hawai’i, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, California, and Alaska WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) joined Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i) and a…

WILLISTON, VT – Today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) convened health care leaders in Williston to discuss the impact of Medicare reimbursement cuts on small and independent health care providers and businesses in Vermont, many of which are already struggling to provide care to seniors…

EAST BURKE, VT – Saturday, Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Chair of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development, attended the Kingdom Trails’ 30th Anniversary and Landowner Appreciation Celebration and recognized the decades of dedication and contributions of local volunteers and landowners to outdoor recreation in…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a recent Senate Commerce Committee hearing, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) questioned nominees for the Amtrak Board of Directors about Vermont’s rail travel and safety priorities, including Amtrak’s response to extreme weather events and climate change, the pre-clearance process for cross-border…

BOLTON, VT – Today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), member of the Senate Commerce Committee, in conjunction with the U.S. Travel “Travel Works” program, an event at Richmond Mountain Trails’ (RMT) The Driving Range, the first fully adaptive-mountain bike accessible trail system in Vermont, located…

The trail network is expected to make mountain biking more accessible to adaptive riders, and recreation and tourism leaders see a potential economic boost. U.S. Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, speaks with Greg Durso in his adaptive mountain bike during a tour of Richmond Mountain Trails’…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Chair of the Senate Agriculture Committee’s Subcommittee on Rural Development and Energy, joined the Brookings Center on Regulation and Markets to discuss workforce development opportunities in the clean energy transition. Senator Welch highlighted the advantages…