Press Release
Sep 19, 2024
Massive Investment for High-Speed Internet Officially Obligated to Vermont by U.S. Department of Commerce WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Chair of the Rural Development Subcommittee and member of the Commerce Subcommittee on Communications, Media, and Broadband, today applauded the Biden-Harris Administration’s investment of over $228 million…
Press Release
Sep 19, 2024
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) joined bill sponsors Senator Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Chair of the Senate Housing, Transportation and Community Development Subcommittee, and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY-14) in introducing the bicameral Homes Act, legislation that would reimagine housing in America, making a historic…
Statement
Sep 18, 2024
Statement for the Congressional Record on Gillie HopkinsSenator Peter Welch (D-Vt.)September 18, 2024 Mr. WELCH. Mr. President, today I celebrate Rachel Gilbert Hopkins, a dedicated Vermonter who has worked to improve our State’s adoption system and connect children to a loving family. Vermont’s team within…
Press Release
Sep 17, 2024
WASHINGTON, D.C. —Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) led Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Richard Durbin (D-Ill.), John Fetterman (D-Pa.), John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.), Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Debbie Stabenow…
Press Release
Sep 17, 2024
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) joined Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and his Democratic Senate colleagues on the steps of the U.S. Senate ahead of chamber’s second attempt to pass the Right to IVF Act, which was blocked today by most…