WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: Senate Judiciary Committee Advanced Nomination with a Bipartisan Vote of 13 to 7 The Senate Judiciary Committee today advanced the nomination of Mary Kay Lanthier, of Orwell, Vermont, to be the next District Court judge for the District of Vermont. President Biden nominated Lanthier at the joint recommendation of Senators Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Peter Welch (D-Vt.). Her nomination was advanced by the commi  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following news release on Aug. 1, 2024: * * * Senate Judiciary Committee Advanced Nomination with a Bipartisan Vote of 13-7 * * * The Senate Judiciary Committee today advanced the nomination of Mary Kay Lanthier, of Orwell, Vermont, to be the next District Court judge for the District of Vermont. President Biden nominated Lanthier at the joint recommendation of Senators Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Peter Welch (D-Vt.). Her nomina  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following news release on Aug. 2, 2024: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), today introduced legislation to address the long COVID crisis that is affecting more than 22 million adults and 1 million children across the United States - and millions more around the globe. The Long COVID Research Moonshot Act of 2024 provides $1 billion in mandatory funding pe  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following news release statement on Aug. 1, 2024: * * * Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today released the following statement after voting no on the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act, which would deliver tens of billions of dollars in tax breaks to some of the country's largest and most profitable corporations: I strongly support restoring the expanded Child Tax Credit from the American Rescue Plan that reduced child  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: The Vermont Congressional Delegation, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), and Representative Becca Balint (VT-At-Large) this week reiterated their call to majority, minority, and Appropriations Committee leadership in the Senate and House of Representatives to pass supplemental disaster recovery and mitigation appropriations to help Vermont recover from catastrophic flooding in both Ju  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: In a Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Tourism, Trade, and Export Promotion hearing today, Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) discussed how Congress can better support rural businesses looking to expand into global markets. Watch a clip of the hearing here: Senator Welch highlighted how federal support has helped open Vermont businesses to more opportunities: "The EXIM Bank has done something terrific for Vermont:  more

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: Welch Helped Deliver Funding for the Project Through Congressional Appropriations BURLINGTON, VT U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today visited the COTS Main Street Family Shelter and toured the recently-completed 16 unit, permanently affordable housing addition made to the existing shelter. Senator Welch secured $825,000 through the Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) process in 2023 to help support the  more

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: Last week, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) was awarded the National Retail Federation's 2024 "Champion of Main Street" award for his leadership on legislative policies that foster growth and innovation in the retail industry, including the Credit Card Competition Act. "When our Main Streets are successful, our communities are successful. It's important our retailers and merchants are supported with policie  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: This week, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Chair of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development and Energy, introduced the Rural Opportunities and Revitalization Act, legislation to empower the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Rural Business-Cooperative Service (RBCS) to carry out research, technical studies, and demonstrations to support business growth and development and job training i  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Communications, Media, and Broadband, released the following statement on the National Telecommunications and Information Administration's (NTIA) announcement of the next steps in Vermont's Internet for All program. Vermont will receive nearly $230 million to deploy high-speed, affordable internet across Vermont through the Broadband   more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today released the following statement on the Kids Online Safety and Privacy Act, legislation that provides families with the resources needed to protect children's health and welfare online. The bipartisan bill passed the Senate this afternoon with overwhelming support: "The last time Congress passed a law to protect the safety and privacy of our kids and grandkids was 1998--lon  more

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, released the following reaction to President Biden's proposed Supreme Court reforms announced today: "President Biden's proposed reforms would do what Chief Justice Roberts has failed to do time and time again--get this Court in order. Decades of ethical violations and a blatant disregard for judicial precedent have eroded the public's  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today released the following statement on the release of Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan. Mr. Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter falsely convicted of espionage in a sham trial and sentenced to serve in a penal colony, and Mr. Whelan, a prior service Marine jailed on baseless espionage charges, were released along with 14 others including political dissidents, other America  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) tonight took to the Senate floor, imploring Congress to step up and help Vermont and states impacted by flooding and other natural disasters by passing a supplemental disaster aid package. He also shared the stories of Vermonters impacted by the July 2023 and July 2024 floods. Senator Welch has repeatedly called for the Senate to pass funding to support recovery and resiliency effo  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: Today, the Commerce Committee advanced Senator Peter Welch's (D-Vt.) amendment to fund the Affordable Connectivity Program with $7 billion, as requested in his bicameral, bipartisan Affordable Connectivity Program Extension Act. "After weeks of deadlock, we finally have progress on the effort to keep internet access affordable for millions of seniors, veterans, families and students across America. We've be  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: Bill would update decades-old Medicare spending index that triggers harmful cuts to rural health care providers Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.), John Boozman (R-Ark.), Angus King (I-Maine), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), and Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) are leading efforts to protect access to Medicare services by reforming the program's physician fee schedule with the introduction of the bipartisan   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: Bill to help people who work in classified settings and rely on electronic medical devices This week, Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Senator Bob Casey (D-Pa.) introduced the Cleared Locations Enabling Access to Relevant Essential Devices (CLEARED) Act of 2024. The legislation would require additional transparency and accountability measures to reduce barriers for employees with disabilities or chronic healt  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) introduced the AI Innovation and Development for Efficiency (AIDE) Act, legislation that would establish programming at the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support research into artificial intelligence (AI) innovation initiatives at universities nationwide, including at leading-edge research institutions. The program created by th  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following news release on July 31, 2024: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today led the committee in a bipartisan 20-1 vote to reauthorize, expand, and strengthen the Older Americans Act (OAA) - critical legislation that will substantially increase funding for services for older Americans. This reauthorization marks the second largest authorized funding level   more