Daniel Davis

US lawmakers are mobilizing to prevent abrupt price hikes on millions of Americans’ internet bills, announcing new legislation to rescue a popular government program that’s set to run out of funding this spring. The previously unreported bipartisan legislation expected Wednesday in both the House and…

“It’s astonishing. It really is,” U.S. Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vt., said Monday. “If they don’t respond to two U.S. senators and a representative … how does that make everyday people feel that their government is working for them?” Ben Doyle of the Montpelier Commission for…

SWANTON and BURLINGTON, VT –Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) traveled to the northern border on Thursday for a tour of the Swanton Sector with U.S. Customs and Border Patrol officers, and also convened Vermont-based refugee, migrant, and asylum assistance services providers in Burlington.  “There’s no question that our immigration…

Bill Aligns Medicare Payments for EMS Providers with Community Needs, Ensures EMS Can Provide Essential Medical Care to Rural Communities BETHEL, VT – On January 5, Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) joined EMS providers at White River Valley Ambulance to tour the facility and discuss the…

BURLINGTON, VT – Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) released the following statement in reaction to Israel’s Supreme Court striking down a component of the divisive judicial overhaul led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government intended to undermine an independent judiciary and remove the Court’s ability to overturn government decisions deemed ‘unreasonable’: “Israel’s Supreme Court…