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Jul 23, 2024
Balint introduced companion legislation in the House WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Chair of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development and Energy, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), a senior and longtime member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer…
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Jul 23, 2024
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Vermont Congressional Delegation, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), and Representative Becca Balint (VT-At-Large) this week called on U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack to quickly approve Vermont Governor Phil Scott’s request for a Secretarial Disaster Designation for the State of Vermont,…
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Jul 23, 2024
Statement of Senator Peter WelchSubmitted to the Congressional RecordJuly 23, 2024 Download the Statement for the Record here. Madam President, thirteen years ago last week South Sudan became an independent country. I want to congratulate the people of South Sudan on this milestone. The United…
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Jul 22, 2024
Sen. Welch helps collect water samples in Mallets Bay with LCBP scientists COLCHESTER, VT – Today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) joined state and local leaders to unveil the Lake Champlain Basin Program Reauthorization Act, new legislation that would strengthen the Patrick Leahy Lake Champlain…
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Jul 21, 2024
BURLINGTON, VT – On Sunday, Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) issued the following statement on President Joe Biden: “Today, Joe Biden made a difficult and selfless choice. He put our democracy and the future of our nation ahead of himself. For this, and for all he…
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Jul 19, 2024
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last week, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) joined Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) in writing to JPMorgan Chase (JPM) CEO Jamie Dimon, criticizing his company’s about-face on nearly two decades…
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Jul 19, 2024
TOWN OF BARRE, VT – On Wednesday, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) met with local leaders to discuss efforts to address the hunger crisis in Vermont, and toured a site of a summer meal program that provides nutritious meals to all children, at no cost…