Elisabeth St. Onge

Apple’s Broad-Based, Exclusionary Conduct Makes It Harder for Americans to Switch Smartphones, Undermines Innovation for Apps, Products, and Services, and Imposes Extraordinary Costs on Developers, Businesses, and Consumers WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) applauded the Justice Department, Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark, and 15…

BURLINGTON, VT – Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.), co-sponsor of the bipartisan Credit Card Competition Act, released the following statement in reaction to Visa and Mastercard reaching an antitrust settlement with U.S. merchants on swipe fees, which would temporarily cap fees for the next years but not provide a…

BURLINGTON, VT – Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) released the following reaction to the passage of a U.N. Security Council Resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza:  “The U.N. Security Council’s adoption of a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, the release of all hostages, and…

Welch, the Senate’s only former Public Defender, spoke on the Senate Floor last week on the successful push to avoid the budget shortfall of federal public defenders WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) on Thursday took to the Senate Floor to celebrate his successful fight to…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a Senate Commerce Committee hearing this week, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), member of the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Communications, Media, and Broadband, discussed the importance of the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), which provides affordable high-speed internet options to households across…