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Under Section 620I of the Foreign Assistance Act humanitarian aid access must not be restricted, directly or indirectly, or U.S. assistance may be cut off  WASHINGTON, D.C. – Amid the ongoing humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) joined Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.),…

WCK distributes meals in communities where food systems are disrupted by war and other disasters, including Gaza and Ukraine  WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Chris Coons (D-Del.), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, hosted a briefing with World Central…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) joined U.S. Representatives Nick Langworthy (R-N.Y.-23) and Joe Courtney (D-Conn.-02) in leading their colleagues in the bicameral, bipartisan introduction of the Making Agricultural Products Locally Essential (MAPLE) Act, legislation that supports the…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Following a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in late-February, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) submitted written questions for the record for Bureau of Prisons Director Collette Peters, continuing to push the Director on why Vermont remains one of only two states without a Residential…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Angus King (I-Maine) introduced the Advancing Grid-Enhancing Technologies (GETs) Act, legislation to boost investments in grid-enhancing technologies (GETs), a type of transmission technology that expands capacity of existing transmission infrastructure. Companion legislation was introduced in…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, questioned experts about how false claims disputing the validity of the 2020 presidential election results have impacted overall confidence in election integrity, and discussed the ramifications of recent restrictive…

An independent and seven Democrats argued in a letter that the administration had run afoul of a part of a law that bars military aid from going to any country that blocks humanitarian aid A demonstration aimed at blocking aid trucks from entering Gaza in…