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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…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), member of the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee (JEC), shared a new report released this week by JEC’s Democratic staff finding that flooding causes as much as $496 billion in losses each year.    In July 2023,…

WEOC featured remarks from stand-up comedian Tina Friml, Rep. Becca Balint, and Sen. Peter Welch, followed by interactive skills-building workshops  RANDOLPH, VT – Saturday, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) hosted the annual Women’s Economic Opportunity Conference, which included interactive workshops on growing economic opportunity, cultivating new audiences, and improving…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) joined Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), and John Cornyn (R-Texas) in introducing the Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2024, legislation which would reauthorize critical reentry grant programs from the…