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BURLINGTON, VT—Today, the Biden-Harris Administration announced Vermont will receive nearly $230 million to deploy broadband throughout the state as part of the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program, which is a program of the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Senator Peter Welch (D-VT)…

WASHINGTON — One year after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and stripped women of a fundamental constitutional right, Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) called for the restoration of abortion rights and joined legislation to protect and expand access to reproductive health care, including the…

WASHINGTON—Senator Peter Welch’s (D-Vt.) bipartisan bill, the Testing, Rapid Analysis, and Narcotic Quality (TRANQ) Research Act, passed the United States Senate today with unanimous support. The bill, co-led by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), will direct the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to support…

WASHINGTON—Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) introduced three bills to limit toxic substance exposure among veterans, educate servicemembers on the impact of burn pits and other airborne hazards, and improve data collection on veterans affected by toxic exposure. The bills build on passage of the landmark Honoring…

WASHINGTON—Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) joined Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, this week to send a letter to the CEOs of Meta, Alphabet, and Twitter, requesting information related…

WASHINGTON—Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) joined a Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on protecting the civil rights of LGBTQ+ Americans today. The hearing, titled “Protecting Pride: Defending the Civil Rights of LGBTQ+ Americans” responds to rising discrimination, threats, and hate crimes towards LGBTQ+ people across the country.…

WASHINGTON—Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) today introduced the End Price Gouging for Medications Act, legislation to lower drug costs for all Americans and end pharmaceutical price gouging. A 2021 study reported that Americans pay 2.4 times what people in other countries pay…