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A group of lawmakers, led by Sen. Peter Welch, are calling on the agency to offer utilities incentives for grid-enhancing technologies. Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) listens during a hearing on Capitol Hill last month. Mariam Zuhaib/AP Some congressional Democrats are urging federal energy regulators to promote…

Vermont politicians visited the GlobalFoundries site March 1 to celebrate CHIPS funding. Gov. Phil Scott, Lt. Gov. David Zuckerman, Sen. Peter Welch and former Sen. Patrick Leahy were among those in attendance. Jackie DiBartolomeo ESSEX JUNCTION — Dozens of GlobalFoundries employees crowded into a press room…

A panel of local, state, and federal officials discussed housing in St. Johnsbury Thursday. The group, which included Sen. Peter Welch and USDA Deputy Under Secretary for Rural Development Farah Ahmad, weighed in on the challenges and opportunities to address what is widely considered one…

Democrats Jeff Merkley (Ore.), Dick Durbin (Ill.), Elizabeth Warren (Mass.), Chris Van Hollen (Md.) and Peter Welch (Vt.) are U.S. senators. The United States must act immediately to address the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza. Israel has every right to pursue those who carried out Hamas’s horrific…

In the wee hours of Tuesday morning, Vermont’s two U.S. senators voted against a $95 billion spending package slated to dispense billions of dollars in aid to foreign allies, including Israel and Ukraine. Sens. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Peter Welch, D-Vt., cited Israel’s ongoing war…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Following the release of a national security supplemental agreement, which included provisions to address the Israel-Gaza conflict, the war in Ukraine, and our nation’s border, the Senate took a procedural vote today to advance debate on the package. The Senate failed to…

Senator Peter Welch and Co-Founder Sacsha Mayer during his Monday, January 29th tour of the Springfield Mamava Plant. SPRINGFIELD, Vt. — Sen. Peter Welch paid another visit to Mamava manufacturing, impressed again by their creativity and job creation in the area. The business produces freestanding…