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BURLINGTON, VT – This week, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, attended the University of Vermont’s second annual Research, Innovation, Sustainability and Entrepreneurship (RISE) Summit to discuss new and innovative approaches to addressing challenges facing rural America. The RISE…

The Affordable Connectivity Program has officially run out of money. But more than a dozen internet providers have pledged to offer plans at $30 or less through 2024 for low-income households. BUBAONE VIA GETTY IMAGES The Affordable Connectivity Program officially ended Friday after funding for…

BURLINGTON, VT – Today, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will be forced to end the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) because Congress failed to vote on an extension of the internet affordability program. Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.), lead sponsor of bipartisan legislation to extend the program,…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Communications, Media, and Broadband, and Chair of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development and Energy, joined Sens. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), JD Vance (R-Ohio), Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), Steve Daines…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Communications, Media, and Broadband hearing today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) stressed that millions of households—including working families, seniors, and veterans—could lose access to high-speed internet if Congress fails to extend the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP).…