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BURLINGTON, VT – Two years after the Supreme Court ruled in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Center to overturn Roe v. Wade, Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) released the following statement on the urgent need to pass legislation protecting access to abortion and reproductive care:  “Decades from…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) this week introduced the bicameral Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry 2.0 Act and the bipartisan, bicameral Burn Pit Elimination Act, bills that would improve, expand, and enhance protections for veterans under the PACT Act in addition to eliminating burn pits to prevent future…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Senator Gary Peters (D-Mich.) led 12 of their colleagues in sending a letter to Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Jennifer Granholm, urging DOE to take steps to bolster and diversify the nation’s domestic supply of electric vehicle batteries—including by promoting…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — On World Refugee Day, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, joined U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Representatives Greg Casar (D-TX-35), Debbie Dingell (D-MI-06), and Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-07)…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate Judiciary Committee today considered the nomination of Mary Kay Lanthier, of Orwell, Vermont, to be the next District Court judge for the District of Vermont. Lanthier was recently nominated by President Joe Biden at the joint recommendation of Senators Bernie…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today released the following statement applauding President Biden’s new Executive Action providing much-needed relief to certain DACA recipients and undocumented spouses and children of U.S. citizens, including hundreds of individuals in Vermont:  “For years, outdated barriers in…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Chair of the Senate Agriculture Committee’s Subcommittee on Rural Development and Energy, took to the Senate Floor Monday evening to call for more supplemental disaster funding for Vermont communities impacted by flooding in July 2023, and urged his…