Environment

Statement of Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.)As Prepared and Submitted for the Congressional RecordNovember 21, 2024 Madam President, world leaders and other high-ranking officials from nearly 200 countries have been in Baku, Azerbaijan this week in pursuit of an agreement on financing of future actions necessary…

BETHEL, VT — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Chair of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development and Energy, joined representatives from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to tour the White River National Fish Hatchery (NFH) and discuss the importance of the hatchery’s…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last week, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) joined Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) in writing to JPMorgan Chase (JPM) CEO Jamie Dimon, criticizing his company’s about-face on nearly two decades…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today led his colleagues in calling on Congress to uplift and adequately fund the ENERGY STAR program in the upcoming FY25 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill. ENERGY STAR is a voluntary, market-based program that underpins countless energy efficiency…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) led Senators Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) in introducing the Banning Toxics in Plastic Bottles Act, legislation to prohibit the sale of plastic beverage containers that contain toxic substances and dyes…