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EPA Grants Funded by Bipartisan Infrastructure Law  WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today celebrated the Biden-Harris Administration and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s announcement that Vermont has received $6,390,000 in grants to clean up brownfield sites in the state, spur economic revitalization, and…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate Judiciary Committee today held a hearing requested and chaired in part by U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) on the need to address rising prescription drug prices and help ensure medications are accessible and affordable for hardworking families.   In his…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) today led Senators Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), John Hoeven (R-N.D.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), and Tina Smith (D-Minn.) in introducing the bipartisan Deliver for Democracy Act, legislation that…

Photo illustration: Brendan Lynch/Axios. Photo: Christopher Dilts/Bloomberg via Getty Images A bipartisan group of Senators will introduce a bill Tuesday that will require the U.S. Postal Service to perform to a certain level before it can apply a surcharge to periodicals, or local newspapers, to deliver their…

 Bill would address current lack of federal protection for public sector workers to join a union or collectively bargain   WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) cosponsored the Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act, bipartisan and bicameral legislation introduced by Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii)…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) this week led his colleagues in urging Congress to support and fund the Pathways to Removing Obstacles to Housing (PRO Housing) program in the upcoming Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) Appropriations Act. The PRO…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) last week led a group of senators in calling on Congress to provide robust funding for energy efficiency and climate resilience investments across the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in the upcoming Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25)…