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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) released the following statement on the start of the 119th Congress:   “When I walk onto the floor of the U.S. Senate, I think about the Vermonters I’ve been elected to represent: The parents working multiple jobs who just…

Welch will continue fighting for Vermont families on Agriculture; Judiciary; and Rules Committees WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today announced he will join the powerful Senate Committee on Finance in the 119th Congress, and continue serving on the Senate Committees on Agriculture,…

Sens. Peter Welch, D-Vt., and Ben Ray Lujan, D-N.M., have introduced the Trustworthy by Design Artificial Intelligence Act, which seeks to establish best practice guidelines for federal agencies’s efforts to develop AI systems. Under the Senate bill, the National Institute of Security and Technology would be required…

BURLINGTON, VT – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today released the following statement on the passing of former President Jimmy Carter, the 39th President of the United States and a renowned humanitarian leader:  “I met Jimmy Carter in 1976 at the Hotel Coolidge in White…

Sanders said that — like the rest of the state’s delegation — he supported major disaster relief funding included in the deal, but he was opposed to how lawmakers cut out other policy proposals that had drawn the ire of billionaire Elon Musk. From left:…

Bill paves the way for more generic drugs to come to market  WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) joined Senators John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), and Susan Collins (R-Maine) recently to introduce the bipartisan Skinny Labels, Big Savings Act, legislation designed to…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) recently introduced the Trustworthy by Design Artificial Intelligence (TBD A.I.) Act, legislation that aims to address realistic, short-term challenges created by unregulated A.I. technologies by establishing best practice guidelines for all…