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MONTPELIER, VT – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development, Energy, and Credit, this week delivered remarks at the Washington Electric Coop’s (WEC) Annual Meeting, held in Montpelier.   In his remarks, the Senator highlighted his bipartisan bill with Sen. Dave McCormick (R-Pa.), the REWIRE Act, which would modernize the nation’s…

Welch to Dhillon: “For nearly 70 years, the Civil Rights Division has enforced federal statutes that protect Americans’ right to vote. Your leadership represents a marked departure from that tradition.”  WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on The Constitution, this week delivered a scathing criticism…

BURLINGTON, VT—U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) released the following statement on the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Review Council’s recently-released recommendations to slash the agency in half:  “FEMA is essential in the aftermath of a disaster, but there’s no question the long-term recovery processes within the…

SHELBURNE, VT –  U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Judiciary and Rules Committees, alongside U.S. Representative Becca Balint (D-VT-AL), Vice Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, today hosted a roundtable discussion at the Shelburne Town Offices with Vermont Secretary of State Sarah Copeland Hanzas and Town Clerks to defend the integrity of free…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on The Constitution, alongside U.S. Representative Dave Min (D-CA-47), Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus’ Anti-Corruption Task Force, announced a bicameral, sweeping oversight effort into a…

Senators: “As the agency turns a new page, under your leadership, we write to outline several priorities that we hope to advance together.”  WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a letter sent this week, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, alongside U.S. Senator Andy Kim (D-N.J.), Ranking Member of the…

A dozen Senate Dems, led by Welch, ask U.S. Central Command whether American forces have provided support to Israel’s forced displacement of 1,000,000 civilians in Lebanon  WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) led eleven colleagues in requesting answers from U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) regarding Israel’s practice of unilaterally declared mass evacuation orders…