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Dec 19, 2024
Stowe Electric Department on Monday welcomed an entourage of federal officials who came bearing an early Christmas gift: $6 million in funding that will pay for a passel of green energy projects the utility has long been planning. Among the projects the utility will tackle…
Press Release
Dec 19, 2024
Bill Supports Advanced DNA Technology for Investigative Agencies WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Peter Welch (D-Vt.) have introduced the Carla Walker Act, bipartisan legislation that would dedicate federal grant funds to support forensic genetic genealogy (FGG) DNA analysis to help solve…
Press Release
Dec 18, 2024
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today introduced the Global Climate Resilience Act,legislation that would create a program to bolster the United States’ ability to provide climate finance and debt relief to countries in the Global South. This new program would enhance the…
Press Release
Dec 18, 2024
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) released the following statement on the Senate’s passage of the annual National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA): “I am grateful for the service and sacrifice of our servicemembers, veterans, and their families, and I will always fight to…
Press Release
Dec 18, 2024
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On the ten-year anniversary of the Obama-Biden Administration’s normalization agreement with Cuba, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) led Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) in calling on President Biden to restore two key…