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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Vermont Congressional Delegation, led by Senate Commerce Committee member Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), this week called on Amtrak to provide an update on the establishment of interim preclearance operations to support rail travel between Vermont and Quebec and the federal actions…

WASHINGTON - Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) as well as Senators John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), John Fetterman (D-Pa.), Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.),…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last week, Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) convened leaders in Vermont’s tourism and hospitality industry for a virtual meeting to discuss the challenges businesses in the indus­­try are facing following this summer’s catastrophic flooding, and the federal delegation’s fight push for funding to…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) took to the floor of the U.S. Senate this week to urge his colleagues to advance the Credit Card Competition Act, bipartisan legislation he co-introduced with Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.); Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kans.); and Sen. J.D.…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today led a bipartisan, bicameral coalition of colleagues in calling for inclusion of the Reducing Exposure to Burn Pits Act in the final version of this year’s National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2024. The bipartisan provision,…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following catastrophic flooding in Vermont, Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), and Representative Becca Balint (D-Vt.) today introduced the Building Up Farmland Frontiers for Ecological Resilience (BUFFER) Act, legislation that would ensure all states, including Vermont, can access Conservation Reserve…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) took to the Senate floor to call out Big Pharma’s fear-mongering and scare tactics about Congressional Democrats and the White House’s fight to lower prescription drug costs for seniors. The White House recently unveiled the first…