2008 Press Releases
- Welch calls on bank executives to skip bonuses, bypass Bush administration loophole
- Welch and Bixby call for fiscal discipline at Vermont Business Roundtable forum
- Vermont delegation introduces bill to waive state transportation match requirement
- Welch votes for auto rescue bill
- Vermont delegation seeks to stimulate economy with transportation waiver
- OMB implements Welch contractor fraud law
- Presidential Inauguration ticket information
- Welch votes against Wall Street bailout
- Welch votes to expand tax incentives for renewable energy
- Welch supports, House passes economic stimulus
- Major Victory on Home Energy Assistance Clears House
- Watch Congressman Welch address the financial crisis
- Welch-supported bill to protect consumers from predatory credit card practices passes House
- Welch says any Wall Street bailout must first protect middle class
- LIHEAP Remains In The Mix As Congressional Session Winds Down
- Welch to hold a Monday press conference on economic instability
- Oil speculation bill passes House
- Vermont To Receive $2.4 Million More For Home Heating Relief
- Welch introduces bill to prevent ousted Fannie and Freddie CEOs from receiving ‘golden parachute’ payments
- Welch statement on comprehensive energy bill, funds renewables and rolls back tax breaks for big oil
- Bill funding Vermont transportation needs clears House, sent to President
- Welch bill protecting Missisquoi and Trout Rivers passes House
- Welch opening statement from college endowment roundtable with Sen. Grassley
- Vermont Congressional Delegation Secures Over $3 Million For CCTA
- Grassley, Welch host college endowment roundtable, webcast available
- Grassley, Welch release participant list for Monday’s college endowment roundtable
- College Endowment Roundtable Information
- Grassley, Welch announce college endowment roundtable
- Vermont Delegation Hails Plan To Open New Rural Health Resource Center At The White River Junction VA Hospital
- Welch demands answers in abuse of tax code to fund executive benefits
- Cong. Delegation Asks President for Federal Disaster Assistance for Storm Damage
- Welch’s veterans employment bill passes House
- Welch renews call to use oil profits to fund heating assistance
- Welch provision on college affordability bill clears House
- President signs housing bill with Welch-led small state minimum
- Anti-speculation bill blocked in House
- Op-ed: "Our mission for a new energy future"
- Welch backs bill to fund affordable housing, address mortgage crisis
- Welch backs bill to fund Vermont transportation needs
- Welch announces funding for Springfield’s Southern Vermont Health and Recreation Center
- Welch joins House in veto override, prevents devastating Medicare cut
- Welch calls on President Bush to release oil from SPR to address fuel cost emergency
- Welch government contracting initiatives signed into law
- Welch supports and House passes anti-speculation bill; Welch amends transit bill to help green bus fleets
- Welch supports, House passes bill cracking down on gas price gouging
- Welch to vote against FISA compromise
- House committee hears testimony on Welch bill to assist veterans with employment after military service
- Welch introduces legislation to crack down on excessive merchant credit card fees
- Welch to host Telephone Town Hall meeting on energy Tuesday
- Local school construction aid passes House, Welch amendment allows funding for investment in renewable energy systems
- 'Got MILC’ Across The Finish Line
- Welch lauds House override of Bush Farm Bill veto
- Welch votes to expand tax incentives for renewable energy
- Welch reacts to new evidence of political interference in EPA auto waiver decision
- Welch gas prices bill sent to president; Vt. Congressman urges signature
- Welch adds Vermont flavor to ’08 Farm Bill
- Department of Energy will suspend filling oil reserve following passage of Welch-led bill
- By veto-proof margins, Congress sends to president a farm bill that will renew and expand the MILC safety net for dairy farmers
- House poised to vote on Welch bill to lower fuel prices
- Welch’s bill to reduce fuel prices passes House
- Welch's bill to reduce fuel prices passes House
- Welch will introduce legislation to crack down on excessive credit card fees
- Welch will introduce legislation to crack down on excessive credit card fees
- Welch supports House-passed legislation to ease housing crisis
- Vermont delegation wins MILC program extension in Farm Bill negotiations
- New Web Video, "Stop Fraud"
- Welch calls Bush ‘out of touch’ on gas prices
- Pelosi calls on Bush to end shipments to oil reserve, bolstering Welch-led gas prices initiative
- Welch contractor fraud bill passes House
- For Earth Day, Welch pledges to continue fighting for new energy policy
- Administration, contractor lobby testify in Welch-led fraud investigation
- Bush administration plans to close fraud loophole in response to Welch-initiated investigation
- Abusive practices by credit card companies must be stopped
- Welch joins local officials to announce $500,000 for Bennington transportation improvements
- Markey, Emanuel, Welch to president on oil: make it stop
- Vermont Congressional delegation objects to General Petraeus’ call for open-ended U.S. role in Iraq
- EPA Grants $1 Million for Vermont Cleanup
- Welch drops bill to close overseas contract fraud loophole, hearing scheduled
- Leahy, Welch announce CLEAN Grant program for Vt. colleges
- At Leahy-led hearing, Welch calls for federal support to combat rural crime
- Waxman, Towns & Welch open investigation into overseas contract fraud loophole
- Welch scores 100 percent on middle class legislation
- Welch calls for full investigation into Bush admin. proposal on overseas contracting
- Welch leads on bill to overturn EPA decision on Calif. auto standards waiver
- Welch discusses state’s nursing shortage, announces $341,000 for Norwich program
- Welch takes Vermont voices to budget hearing
- Welch supports, House passes end to tax breaks for big oil, funds renewables
- Delegation announces $1.3 million for Vermont home heating assistance
- Welch seeks to protect consumers from predatory credit card practices
- IRS backs down on rule change that would have harmed Vermont's captive insurance industry
- Welch offers proposal to cut gas prices
- Welch votes to hold Bush administration officials in contempt
- In the aftermath of Walter Reed, Welch-requested GAO reports assess care for veterans and National Guard
- Cong. Delegation announces funding for White River VA expansion
- Welch announces $282,000 for drug prevention and law enforcement in Barre, region
- Welch fights to improve college affordability with amendment to House bill
- Welch responds to President Bush’s “State of the Union” address
- Op-ed: "Economic opportunity should top Congressional agenda"
- Welch slams DHS decision to end ‘oral declarations’ at Northern border
- Welch supports opportunities for veteran-owned businesses
- Delegation announces $3.9 million for Vermont home heating assistance
- Welch website wins service award
- Welch to make congressional trip to Iraq, Middle East
- Welch announces $235,000 in federal funding for Windham County's Big Brothers Big Sisters program
- Welch nominates 22 students for service academies
- Congress passes energy bill with historic auto standards increase
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