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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following a bipartisan push led by Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and 13 of his Senate colleagues, the Department of Commerce and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announced today the Broadband, Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program would be expanded to…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) this week joined Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO) and former Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler for a conversation on the future of digital policy and the need for Congress to establish an independent agency to provide oversight of…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On the last day of ‘Bat Week’, Sen. Peter Welch (D-VT) and Sen. Mike Braun (R-IN) celebrated the Senate passage of their resolution supporting the federal designation of ‘Bat Week’ for the week of October 24 to October 31, to emphasize the…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) issued the following statement in reaction to the Department of Energy’s announcement of its investment of $1.3 billion in three transmission lines crossing six states, including one in Vermont and New Hampshire. This investment was funded by the…

WASHINGTON– As the United States Senate prepares an emergency supplemental appropriations bill to respond to the ongoing humanitarian and military crises in Ukraine, Israel, Gaza, and elsewhere, Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) joined Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Ed Markey (D-MA), Jeff Merkley (D-OR),…

O DAIRY Act aimed at expanding federal support for organic dairy farmers and extending emergency assistance to farmers facing losses HIGHGATE CENTER, VT – Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) today hosted an event with local organic dairy farmers, and farmer and producer advocacy groups to unveil…

“We urge you not to leave rural America behind,” wrote Sanders, Welch, and Balint  WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Vermont Congressional Delegation, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), and Representative Becca Balint (VT-AL) urged JetBlue Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Robin Hayes to reinstate service between the Patrick Leahy Burlington International…