WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Finance Subcommittee on Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure, today joined U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), and Ed Markey (D-Mass.), alongside U.S. Representative Maxine Dexter (D-OR-03), in reintroducing the Plug Offshore Wells Act, bicameral legislation to address the growing threat of abandoned offshore oil and…