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Press Release
Mar 26, 2024
BURLINGTON, VT – Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) released the following reaction to the passage of a U.N. Security Council Resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza: “The U.N. Security Council’s adoption of a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, the release of all hostages, and…
Press Release
Mar 25, 2024
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…
In The News
Mar 25, 2024
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…
In The News
Mar 23, 2024
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…
Press Release
Mar 23, 2024
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…
Press Release
Mar 22, 2024
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…
Press Release
Mar 21, 2024
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…