Elisabeth St. Onge

WASHINGTON, D.C. –Today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) celebrated the announcement of a $375 million investment by the Department of Commerce to support GlobalFoundries’ (GF) new quantum foundry, Quantum Technology Solutions. This federal funding was made possible by the bipartisan CHIPS and Science Act, which Sen. Welch helped pass as a member…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today released the following statement on the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) expanded agreement to bar the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from pursuing claims or audits against President Trump or his family: “Donald Trump’s Department of Justice just…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) led 15 of his colleagues in calling for new language in the Fiscal Year 2027 (FY27) appropriations bill to tighten control and oversight of the Department of Defense’s (DOD) use of fast-tracked contract vehicles for domestic immigration enforcement. In the absence of this oversight, DOD has helped the…

MONTPELIER, VT – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development, Energy, and Credit, this week delivered remarks at the Washington Electric Coop’s (WEC) Annual Meeting, held in Montpelier.   In his remarks, the Senator highlighted his bipartisan bill with Sen. Dave McCormick (R-Pa.), the REWIRE Act, which would modernize the nation’s…

WASHINGTON, D.C.— U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition, and Consumer Rights, today released the following statement following news that a New York jury found Live Nation and its subsidiary, Ticketmaster, guilty of conducting anti-competitive practices and monopolizing the creative and music industry.   The verdict comes after Senator Welch…