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BURLINGTON, VT — Senators Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Representative Becca Balint (Vt.-AL) sent a letter to U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg this past Friday, calling on the Department of Transportation (DOT) to support the State of Vermont’s request for immediate…

WASHINGTON—Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) addressed the importance of United States Supreme Court ethics reform today in a Senate Judiciary Committee meeting. The Committee advanced the Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act of 2023, with unanimous Democratic support. The legislation requires the U.S. Supreme Court to…

WASHINGTON—Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) today introduced the Improving Access to Nutrition Act, legislation that would help more Americans access the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), known as 3SquaresVT in Vermont. Reps. Barbara Lee (Calif.-12) and Alma Adams (N.C.-12) introduced the…

WASHINGTON—Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) today introduced the Food for Thought Act, legislation to create a grant program within the Department of Education to help community colleges and minority serving institutions (MSIs) provide free meals to low-income students through on-campus meal…

Mike Dougherty / Vermont PublicRep. Becca Balint discusses the state's flood response at a press conference in Berlin on Wednesday, July 12. From farmers to restaurant owners, many Vermonters are counting on federal disaster assistance to help them recover from last week's catastrophic flooding. Vermont's congressional delegation has…