Press Release
Jan 02, 2025
Welch will continue fighting for Vermont families on Agriculture; Judiciary; and Rules Committees WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today announced he will join the powerful Senate Committee on Finance in the 119th Congress, and continue serving on the Senate Committees on Agriculture,…
In The News
Dec 30, 2024
Sens. Peter Welch, D-Vt., and Ben Ray Lujan, D-N.M., have introduced the Trustworthy by Design Artificial Intelligence Act, which seeks to establish best practice guidelines for federal agencies’s efforts to develop AI systems. Under the Senate bill, the National Institute of Security and Technology would be required…
In The News
Dec 23, 2024
Sanders said that — like the rest of the state’s delegation — he supported major disaster relief funding included in the deal, but he was opposed to how lawmakers cut out other policy proposals that had drawn the ire of billionaire Elon Musk. From left:…
Press Release
Dec 19, 2024
WASHINGTON, D.C. — From the Senate floor tonight, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) urged his colleagues to work together to pass disaster aid for communities across America, admonishing his House Republican colleagues for holding up the bipartisan funding deal and threatening a government shutdown. Watch…
Press Release
Dec 19, 2024
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Congresswoman Becca Balint (VT-At Large) today celebrated that their bicameral Nulhegan River and Paul Stream Wild and Scenic River Study Act unanimously passed the Senate on Wednesday evening. The legislation will protect the…