Aaron White

WASHINGTON, D.C. –  U.S. Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) led 17 of their colleagues in sending a letter to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy requesting information about how the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) plans to ensure the timely delivery of mail-in ballots throughout…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Garland v. Cargill, overturning the federal ban on bump stocks on semiautomatic rifles—devices used in the 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting, the deadliest mass shooting in history. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) released the following statement: …

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), member of the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee (JEC), shared a new report released this week by JEC’s Democratic staff finding that flooding causes as much as $496 billion in losses each year.    In July 2023,…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) joined Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), and John Cornyn (R-Texas) in introducing the Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2024, legislation which would reauthorize critical reentry grant programs from the…

WASHINGTON, D.C. —Today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and U.S. Representatives Becca Balint (D-VT-At Large), Summer Lee (D-PA-12), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA-05), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-07), Chris Deluzio (D-PA-17), and Jerrold Nadler (D-NY-12), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, led 41 of their colleagues in…