Press Release
Nov 20, 2024
WASHINGTON, D.C. –Today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) celebrated the Department of Commerce’s announcement finalizing $1.5 billion in direct funding to GlobalFoundries (GF) from the bipartisan CHIPS and Science Act, which Sen. Welch helped pass as a member of the House. The funds will expand…
Press Release
Mar 01, 2024
ESSEX JUNCTION, VT – Today, Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Representative Becca Balint, and staff representatives for Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) joined Vermont Governor Phil Scott, former Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), GlobalFoundries (GF) CEO Dr. Thomas Caulfield, and community leaders to celebrate the hundreds of millions of CHIPS and Science Act funding that will support the modernization of…
In The News
Mar 01, 2024
Vermont politicians visited the GlobalFoundries site March 1 to celebrate CHIPS funding. Gov. Phil Scott, Lt. Gov. David Zuckerman, Sen. Peter Welch and former Sen. Patrick Leahy were among those in attendance. Jackie DiBartolomeo ESSEX JUNCTION — Dozens of GlobalFoundries employees crowded into a press room…
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…