Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) led Senators Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) in introducing the Livestock Owned by Communities to Advance Local (LOCAL) Foods Act, legislation to update the Federal Meat Inspection Act of 1906’s (FMIA) ‘Personal-Use Exemption’to better support…

Welch: "This Continuing Resolution will not meet the needs of Vermont, or any state recovering from a disaster."    WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) released the following statement in response to both Chambers of Congress reaching a bipartisan agreement on a short-term Continuing Resolution (CR),…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Vermont Congressional Delegation, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), and Representative Becca Balint (VT-At-Large) introduced the Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park Establishment Act Amendments Act, legislation that extends the boundary of the Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historic Park to include the neighboring…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, requested information from U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken regarding the international deployment of artificial intelligence (AI), particularly in…

Massive Investment for High-Speed Internet Officially Obligated to Vermont by U.S. Department of Commerce WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Chair of the Rural Development Subcommittee and member of the Commerce Subcommittee on Communications, Media, and Broadband, today applauded the Biden-Harris Administration’s investment of over $228 million…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) joined bill sponsors Senator Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Chair of the Senate Housing, Transportation and Community Development Subcommittee, and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY-14) in introducing the bicameral Homes Act, legislation that would reimagine housing in America, making a historic…