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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today led a bipartisan group of colleagues in calling on the Senate Appropriations Committee to return to robustly funding the standard Community Facilities Program and the Water and Waste Disposal Program at the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development (USDA…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Communications, Media, and Broadband, and Chair of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development and Energy, joined Sens. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), JD Vance (R-Ohio), Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), Steve Daines…

Report Finds Big Drug Companies Raked in Nearly $29 Billion in Profits & Spent Over $28 Billion Rewarding Shareholders In Just The First Three Months of 2024 WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and U.S. Representative Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.-06) joined Protect Our Care to call out…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt) this week led eight of his colleagues, including Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), and Tina Smith (D-Minn.) in…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Chamber of Progress recently released a new study analyzing the full costs of a lapse in Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) funding. The study found that lower-income families would not only lose access to high-speed internet but also to $10 billion in work…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today released the following statement on Holocaust Remembrance Day:  “On Yom HaShoah, we remember and grieve the 6 million Jews and other innocent victims who perished at the hands of the Nazis. We also honor the strength of the survivors and the…

Consumer advocates in education and healthcare see internet connectivity as a way to lift up struggling families. PHOTO: ERIC GAY/ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON—Backers of a popular subsidy for Americans’ monthly internet bills are making last-minute appeals to leaders to keep the program funded, with Senate proponents hoping to…