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WASHINGTON—Senator Peter Welch’s (D-VT) bipartisan bill, the Testing, Rapid Analysis, and Narcotic Quality (TRANQ) Research Act, passed the United States Senate today with unanimous support. The bill, co-led by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), will direct the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to support…
WASHINGTON—Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) joined a Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on protecting the civil rights of LGBTQ+ Americans today. The hearing, titled “Protecting Pride: Defending the Civil Rights of LGBTQ+ Americans”responds to rising discrimination, threats, and hate crimes towards LGBTQ+ people across the country. A…