Press Releases
November 15, 2013
Press Release
Rep. Peter Welch made the following statement after a vote this afternoon on the Republican majority's health care bill offered by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI).
November 15, 2013
Press Release
Members sent letter to EPA urging a reevaluation of federal mandate: Reps. Peter Welch (D-VT), Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), Jim Costa (D-CA) and Steve Womack (R-AR), authors of the Renewable Fuel Standard Reform Act (H.R. 1462), reacted this afternoon to the Environmental Protection Agency's decision to reduce the amount of ethanol blended into fuel in 2014.
November 14, 2013
Press Release
U.S. Senators Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and U.S. Representative Peter Welch (D-Vt.) Thursday announced $350,000 in grants awarded to four organizations across Vermont to improve housing conditions for limited income rural residents.
November 14, 2013
Press Release
At a Congressional oversight hearing today, Rep. Peter Welch questioned agency officials in charge of border crossings about the NEXUS program that allows for expedited processing for Vermonters and Canadian visitors.
November 14, 2013
Press Release
At a Congressional oversight hearing today, Rep. Peter Welch questioned agency officials in charge of border crossings about the NEXUS program that allows for expedited processing for Vermonters and Canadian visitors.
November 14, 2013
Press Release
At a Congressional oversight hearing today, Rep. Peter Welch questioned agency officials in charge of border crossings about the NEXUS program that allows for expedited processing for Vermonters and Canadian visitors.
November 6, 2013
Press Release
Rep. Peter Welch, joined by representatives from the Central Vermont Medical Center (CVMC), announced his bipartisan legislative initiative to expand the use of telehealth technology in the health care system.
November 5, 2013
Press Release
Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Congressman Peter Welch (D-Vt.), who have pressed for the release of federal home heating aid funds as winter weather has descended on Vermont, welcomed the federal release Monday of $16.6 million in heating assistance to the state.
November 1, 2013
Press Release
Rep. Peter Welch introduced legislation this week that would prevent J.P. Morgan from writing off as a business expense any portion of a penalty imposed by an emerging settlement with the Justice Department. News reports indicate that the Department is close to settling with J.P. Morgan over its actions that contributed to the near collapse of the American economy in 2008.
October 31, 2013
Press Release
Rep. Peter Welch joined 169 Members of Congress in sending a bipartisan letter to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency calling on her to reevaluate the federal ethanol mandate that is wreaking havoc on farmers, sportsmen, and family food budgets.
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