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Feb 27, 2024
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today introduced the COLAs Don’t Count Act, and the Student Loan Deduction Act of 2024, bills that would exempt annual cost-of-living adjustments (COLA) and student loan payments from impacting the benefits of the families and individuals who…
Press Release
Feb 23, 2024
BURLINGTON, VT – Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) released the following statement in advance of Saturday’s observance of the second anniversary of Russia’s unprovoked, full-scale invasion of Ukraine, which began on February 24, 2022: “Since Vladimir Putin’s invasion in February 2022, and going back to the illegal annexation of…
Press Release
Feb 23, 2024
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and John Boozman (R-Ark.) along with 30 of their colleagues are calling on Senate leaders to advance a legislative solution to support access to Medicare services by ensuring health care providers who treat Medicare patients are adequately compensated for the care…
Press Release
Feb 19, 2024
Funding will revitalize fabrication facility in Burlington and create jobs in Vermont, bolster competitiveness BURLINGTON, VT — Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Commerce Committee, today applauded the Biden-Harris Administration’s announcement that the Department of Commerce and GlobalFoundries (GF) have signed a non-binding preliminary memorandum…
In The News
Feb 16, 2024
A panel of local, state, and federal officials discussed housing in St. Johnsbury Thursday. The group, which included Sen. Peter Welch and USDA Deputy Under Secretary for Rural Development Farah Ahmad, weighed in on the challenges and opportunities to address what is widely considered one…
In The News
Feb 16, 2024
Democrats Jeff Merkley (Ore.), Dick Durbin (Ill.), Elizabeth Warren (Mass.), Chris Van Hollen (Md.) and Peter Welch (Vt.) are U.S. senators. The United States must act immediately to address the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza. Israel has every right to pursue those who carried out Hamas’s horrific…
Press Release
Feb 15, 2024
ST. JOHNSBURY, VT – Today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Chair of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development and Energy, joined U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Under Secretary for Rural Development Farah Ahmad, Vermont State Director for USDA Rural Development Sarah Waring, and…