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Vermont’s senators are sounding the alarm as a veterans outreach program serving service members and families across the Green Mountain State faces imminent shutdown due to lack of federal funding. “I have begun to sunset the program; we will only take on veteran issues if…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, released the following statement condemning the Supreme Court’s hypocritical ruling in Trump v. Casa Inc., which fails to fully block Trump Administration’s order to end birthright citizenship…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Vermont Congressional Delegation, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), and Representative Becca Balint (VT-AL), announced a $5.8 million grant from the Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), which will assist with expansion and modernization improvements to the…

On the tour, Welch will unveil the Disaster AID Act, new legislation to improve FEMA and cut red tape Welch to host Listening Sessions for Vermonters in Killington and Barre KILLINGTON, LUDLOW, WESTON — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) will travel across Vermont to discuss…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, grilled Emil Bove III, President Trump’s pick to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, on multiple allegations of ethical misconduct…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights, this week questioned witnesses about how a federal Right to Repair would boost competition and strengthen sustainability of rural agricultural economies in Vermont. …

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, today led every Senate Judiciary Committee Democrat in calling on Inspector General Michael Horowitz to investigate the truthfulness of Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche’s testimony at his…