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A week and a half after Rep. Peter Welch first called on President Obama to deploy the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to combat rising oil prices, Welch and two colleagues are leading an effort to build support in Congress for the move.
A week and a half after Rep. Peter Welch first called on President Obama to deploy the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to combat rising oil prices, Welch and two colleagues are leading an effort to build support in Congress for the move.
Reps. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Walter Jones (R-N.C.) on Monday introduced bipartisan legislation to prevent the Afghan government from taxing American companies delivering US aid to Afghanistan.
Reps. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Walter Jones (R-N.C.) on Monday introduced bipartisan legislation to prevent the Afghan government from taxing American companies delivering US aid to Afghanistan.
Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) on Thursday hailed a move by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to require Wall Street banks to provide detailed accounts of bonus payments.
At an Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing Thursday, Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) called for closing a loophole that allows some oil companies to drill on public lands for free. Doing so would save taxpayers up to $53 billion.
Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) on Thursday hailed a move by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to require Wall Street banks to provide detailed accounts of bonus payments.
At an Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing Thursday, Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) called for closing a loophole that allows some oil companies to drill on public lands for free. Doing so would save taxpayers up to $53 billion.
In a letter to Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) on Tuesday urged the Fed to immediately move forward with implementing debit card swipe fee reforms included in the Dodd-Frank Act (H.R. 4173), which was signed into law in July. The reforms, authored by Welch and Sen.