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Welch, the Senate’s only former Public Defender, spoke on the Senate Floor last week on the successful push to avoid the budget shortfall of federal public defenders WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) on Thursday took to the Senate Floor to celebrate his successful fight to…

Maple syrup is made at Dutton Farm Stand in Manchester. Vermont News & Media file photo WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) joined U.S. Reps Nick Langworthy (R-N.Y.) and Joe Courtney (D-Conn.) in leading their colleagues in the introduction of…

The Affordable Connectivity Program, a $14.2 billion federal effort to make internet service more affordable, is expected to run out of funding this spring. Story Written by Madeleine Ngo, New York Times An excerpt of the full story is included below. Read the full piece…

Welch-led Congressionally Directed Spending Totals $42.34 Million for Vermont  WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) voted early this morning to keep the government open and advance nearly $13 million of Congressionally Directed Spending for eight Vermont-based projects nominated by the Senator. This is…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a Senate Commerce Committee hearing this week, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), member of the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Communications, Media, and Broadband, discussed the importance of the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), which provides affordable high-speed internet options to households across…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.-14) reintroduced the Green New Deal for Public Housing Act, legislation cosponsored by U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), that would take on the affordable housing crisis and the existential threat of…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing this week, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), slammed the Supreme Court and Republican-led state legislatures for their continued assault on reproductive freedoms, including their unwillingness to protect the rights of families who need in vitro fertilization…