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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) led a bipartisan group to introduce the Invasive Species Prevention and Forest Restoration Act today. The bill, co-led by Senators Mike Braun (R-Ind.) and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), provides tools to combat non-native insects and pathogens that threaten forests and woodlands.…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today joined Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and U.S. Representative Nydia Velázquez (D-NY-07) for a press conference marking the introduction of the Closing the Meal Gap Act, legislation that would boost support for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) for the…

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) joined Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), U.S. Representative Hank Johnson (D-GA-04), and a bicameral group of colleagues last week to call for an ethics investigation into Justice Clarence Thomas’s failure to disclose luxury travel financed by Republican megadonor…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) joined 240 Members of Congress, led by Senators Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and U.S. Representatives Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY-08), Katherine Clark (D-MA-05), Frank Pallone (D-NJ-06), Jerry Nadler (D-NY-12),…

 Legislation would allow families to use ‘529’ education savings accounts to pay for training programs WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) joined Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Mike Braun (R-Ind.) to reintroduce the Freedom to Invest in Tomorrow’s Workforce Act, bipartisan legislation to allow the…