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Jan 03, 2025
Sen. Bernie Sanders and Sen. Peter Welch were both chosen to serve on the committee that oversees taxation, tariffs, and trade WASHINGTON — Both of Vermont's senators, Peter Welch and Bernie Sanders, have been chosen to join the U.S. Senate Finance Committee in the 119th…
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Jan 03, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) released the following statement on the start of the 119th Congress: “When I walk onto the floor of the U.S. Senate, I think about the Vermonters I’ve been elected to represent: The parents working multiple jobs who just…
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Jan 02, 2025
Welch will continue fighting for Vermont families on Agriculture; Judiciary; and Rules Committees WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today announced he will join the powerful Senate Committee on Finance in the 119th Congress, and continue serving on the Senate Committees on Agriculture,…
In The News
Dec 30, 2024
Sens. Peter Welch, D-Vt., and Ben Ray Lujan, D-N.M., have introduced the Trustworthy by Design Artificial Intelligence Act, which seeks to establish best practice guidelines for federal agencies’s efforts to develop AI systems. Under the Senate bill, the National Institute of Security and Technology would be required…
Press Release
Dec 29, 2024
BURLINGTON, VT – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today released the following statement on the passing of former President Jimmy Carter, the 39th President of the United States and a renowned humanitarian leader: “I met Jimmy Carter in 1976 at the Hotel Coolidge in White…
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Dec 23, 2024
Sanders said that — like the rest of the state’s delegation — he supported major disaster relief funding included in the deal, but he was opposed to how lawmakers cut out other policy proposals that had drawn the ire of billionaire Elon Musk. From left:…
Press Release
Dec 23, 2024
Bill paves the way for more generic drugs to come to market WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) joined Senators John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), and Susan Collins (R-Maine) recently to introduce the bipartisan Skinny Labels, Big Savings Act, legislation designed to…