Elisabeth St. Onge

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ted Budd (R-N.C.), Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), John Curtis (R-Utah), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), and Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) this week introduced the Aviation Innovation and Global Competitiveness Act, bipartisan legislation to improve the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) type certification process for Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) aircraft. The Senators’ legislation aims to help American AAM companies succeed and…

Welch calls on Netflix CEO to ensure fair competition for creators if proposed merger with Warner Bros. Discovery prevails  WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights, today questioned executives of Netflix and Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (WBD) about how their proposed merger could negatively impact America’s creative community. Senator Welch underscored the importance of protecting fair competition practices to ensure creators, writers, and producers…

Legislation would help more producers transition to and maintain organic practices  WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Committee on Rural Development, Energy, and Credit, today led 14 bicameral lawmakers in reintroducing the Opportunities in Organic Act, legislation designed to help farmers and other agricultural producers transition to organic practices and build successful…

Senators: “FEMA has long struggled to recruit and train enough skilled workers, a problem that the current Administration’s policies and decisions has exacerbated.”  WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development, Energy, and Credit, joined U.S. Senator Andy Kim (D-N.J.), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security Subcommittee on…

Tuesday marks the five-year anniversary of the Capitol riots  WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) tonight joined his Senate Democratic colleagues in holding the floor to honor the law enforcement who protected the Capitol during the January 6, 2021 insurrection, and warn against…