AJ Byambasaikhan

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) today celebrated the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee’s advancement of their bipartisan, bicameral Baby Changing on Board Act. The Senators’ bill would require each Amtrak train to be outfitted with baby changing stations in all accessible restrooms and to post adequate…

Trump recently sued IRS and Treasury for $10 billion over the leak of his tax returns during his first term  New bill would impose a 100% tax on any settlement  WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, along with Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-Va.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, led ten Senate Democrats in urging Secretary of State and National Security Advisor Marco Rubio to immediately end the Trump Administration’s deportation flights to Iran.   Last month, it was reported that…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development, Energy, and Credit, alongside U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and U.S. Representative Elise Stefanik (R-NY-21) introduced the Lake Champlain Basin Program Enhancements Act, bipartisan, bicameral legislation that would reauthorize the Lake Champlain Basin Program (LCBP) for five years at $35…

MONTPELIER, VT – The Vermont Congressional Delegation, U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), and Rep. Becca Balint (VT-At-Large), today announced more than $100 million in federal funding they secured on behalf of 69 projects addressing critical needs across Vermont. The funding for these Congressionally Directed Spending projects, or “earmarks,” was included in…