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WASHINGTON – Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) sent a letter this week to United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Under Secretary for Rural Development Xochitl Torres Small, uplifting the concerns of Vermont-based stakeholders in broadband deployment surrounding the USDA’s ReConnect Loan and Grant Program and the Community Connect Grant Program—two initiatives…

WASHINGTON – 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-IN) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH), provides tools to combat non-native insects and pathogens that threaten forests and woodlands. The bill…

WASHINGTON – Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) today joined Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and 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 more than 40…

WASHINGTON - Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) joined Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Representative Hank Johnson (D-GA), 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 Harlan Crow. Addressed…

WASHINGTON – This week, Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) joined 240 Members of Congress, led by Senators Schumer, Murray, Sanders, Durbin, and Blumenthal and Representatives Jeffries, Clark, Pallone, Nadler, Lee, and DeGette, in filing an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in the case of Alliance for Hippocratic…

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