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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, joined U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Rand Paul (R-Ky.), Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), and Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), and Angus King (I-Maine) in filing…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development, Energy, and Credit, today joined U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.) and U.S. Representative Sean Casten (D-IL-06) in reintroducing the Energizing Our Communities Act, legislation to support local…

Resolution also honors 30th anniversary of diplomatic relations between United States and the Republic of North Macedonia WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), and Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.) this week introduced a resolution congratulating the Republic of North…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – This evening on the Senate floor, U.S. Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) led their colleagues in calling on Republicans to work with Democrats to protect access to health care and to keep the government open. An estimated 24 million…

Welch on the Senate floor: “There are many labels that could apply to what is happening in Gaza today. And whatever label is used: a war crime, crimes against humanity, or ethnic cleansing, or genocide—one thing is clear: this must end.”  WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today,…

Bill would reverse the Trump Administration’s reckless decision to terminate database which has recorded cost of natural disasters over $1 billion since 1980  WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development, Energy, and Credit, introduced…

NOAA kept a database of disasters that exceeded $1 billion in damage since 1980, but the agency halted the project amid funding cuts by the Trump administration. A resident inspects damage to his house after Hurricane Helene made landfall in Horseshoe Beach, Fla., in September…