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Mariam Zuhaib / Associated PressSen. Peter Welch, D-Vt., listens during a Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry oversight hearing on the Department of Agriculture on Capitol Hill Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024, in Washington. A new report from the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee finds that flooding…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) took to the Senate Floor to highlight the importance of passing the Right to IVF Act, legislation that would establish a statutory right to access in vitro fertilization (IVF) and remove barriers for families seeking to…

Highlights Electric Aviation in the State  WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a Senate Commerce Committee hearing today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) questioned U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Michael Whitaker about how the FAA plans to address the major shortage in air traffic controllers that…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), member of the Senate Agriculture Committee and Chair of the Subcommittee on Rural Development and Energy, this week voted to confirm David Roser and Judy Chang to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for terms ending in…

Speakers Highlight Support System Sen. Peter Welch, comedian Tina Friml, and Rep. Becca Balint share the stage at the Women’s Economic Opportunity Conference. (Herald / Kassie Tibbott-Hull) On Saturday, June 8, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D, Vermont) presented the 27th annual Women’s Economic Opportunity Conference…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Wednesday night, Senate Republicans blocked Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats’ attempt to pass by unanimous consent the Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency (SCERT) Act, legislation that the Senate Judiciary Committee advanced last July. The request, made by Chair of the Senate Judiciary…

Bill would make hydrology research center at UVM premanent WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Katie Britt (R-Ala.) introduced the bipartisan Water Research Optimization Act of 2024 to solidify existing hydrology work happening through the Cooperative Institute for Research to Operations in…