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April 29, 2016
Paulsen, Welch Introduce Bill to Remove Barriers to Growing the Internet of Things
Sen. Peter Welch, ...
April 15, 2016
No Rate Regulation of Broadband Internet Access Act
Sen. Peter Welch
March 18, 2016
Letter to The Honorable Tom Cole, Chairman, and Rosa DeLauro, Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services and Education - Computer Science Funding
Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Feb. 25, 2016
Letter to the Honorable Loretta Lynch, Attorney General of the U.S. Department of justice and Hon. Tom Wheeler, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission - Time Warner Cable Deal for Potential Harm to Consumers
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Feb. 3, 2016
Cardin, Bipartisan Team of Senators Introduce Legislation to Expand Telehealth Services, Improve Health Outcomes, and Reduce Costs
Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Feb. 3, 2016
Cramer, Latta, Pocan and Welch Launch Bipartisan Rural Broadband Caucus
Sen. Peter Welch
Dec. 19, 2015
Third Democratic Debate
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Dec. 16, 2015
Letter to the Hon. Susan Rice, Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs - Urgeing Administration to Weigh in on Wassenaar
Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Nov. 17, 2015
Letter to the Hon. Tom Wheeler, Chairman, Federal Communication Commission - Limit Unwanted Debt Collection Robocalls
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Nov. 17, 2015
Letter to The Honorable Tom Wheeler, Chairman, Federal Communications Commission - Limit Unwanted Debt Collection Robocalls
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Nov. 9, 2015
Letter to The Honorable Tom Wheeler, Chairman, Federal Communications Commission - Foster More Competition and Choice in Pay-TV Video Box Marketplace
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Oct. 20, 2015
At Richmond School, Welch Highlights Bipartisan Legislation to Improve Call Completion in Rural America
Sen. Peter Welch
Oct. 15, 2015
Letter to Tom Wheeler, Chairman Federal Communications Commission - End Exorbitant Phone Rates for Prison Inmates and Their Families
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Oct. 13, 2015
CNN Democratic Party Presidential Debate
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Oct. 9, 2015
Letter to the Hon. Penny Pritzker, Secretary, U.S. Department of Commerce and the Hon. Edith Ramirez, Chairwoman, Federal Trade Commission - U.S. E.U. Safe Harbor Agreement
Sen. Peter Welch, ...
July 22, 2015
Wyden, Senators Call on FCC to Apply Privacy Protections to Broadband
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
July 15, 2015
Los Angeles Times - The Savvy Tech Strategy Fueling Bernie Sanders' Upstart 2016 Campaign
Sen. Bernie Sanders
July 10, 2015
Letter to Thomas Wheeler, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission - Cable and Internet Pricing
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
July 9, 2015
Letter to Tom Wheeler, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission - Local Number Portability
Sen. Peter Welch, ...
June 22, 2015
U.S. Representatives Peter Welch and David Young Look to Connect Rural America
Sen. Peter Welch, ...
June 2, 2015
Sanders Opposes Domestic Spying Bill
Sen. Bernie Sanders
May 22, 2015
Ensuring Tax Exempt Organizations the Right to Appeal Act--Continued--
Sen. Bernie Sanders
May 7, 2015
Sanders Welcomes Court Ruling on NSA
Sen. Bernie Sanders
April 29, 2015
Congressmen Latta and Welch Issue Rural Call Completion Resolution
Sen. Peter Welch, ...
April 21, 2015
Letter to Chairman Wheeler and Attorney General Holder - Comcast-Time Warner Cable Deal
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
April 21, 2015
Blumenthal, Senate Colleagues Call on Federal Regulators to Block Massive Comcast-Time Warner Cable Deal
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
March 25, 2015
CNBC - Congress Needs to Take Action on Data Security
Sen. Peter Welch, ...
March 16, 2015
Letter to Barack Obama, President of the United States - US Immigration Visa System
Sen. Peter Welch, ...
March 12, 2015
Bipartisan Data Security Draft Unveiled, Subcommittee to Review Next Week
Sen. Peter Welch, ...
March 3, 2015
Sen. Markey & Rep. Welch Introduce Legislation to Ensure Transparency, Privacy for Done Use
Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Feb. 6, 2015
At Meeting of Small Business Entrepreneurs, Welch Endorses Plan to Ensure Open and Unfettered Acess to Internet
Sen. Peter Welch
Feb. 6, 2015
Sanders Raps TV Outlets For Failure To Cover Secret Trade Deals
Sen. Bernie Sanders
Feb. 4, 2015
Sanders Welcomes FCC Turnabout on Net Neutrality
Sen. Bernie Sanders
Jan. 28, 2015
Letter to Tom Wheeler, Chair of the Federal Communications Commission - Protect Consumers from Unwanted Telemarketing Calls
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Jan. 27, 2015
Welch and Bipartisan Group of Legislators Stand Up for Privacy with GPS Act
Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Jan. 26, 2015
Investing in Infrastructure Will Support 13 Million Jobs - Sanders Explains how His Infrastructure Bill will Rebuild America's Economy
Sen. Bernie Sanders
Jan. 22, 2015
Chaffetz, Wyden Stand Up for Privacy with GPS Act
Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Jan. 21, 2015
Letter to Tom Wheeler, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission - Call for Assessment of FairPoint Emergency Network Capabilities
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Dec. 18, 2014
Letter to Tom Wheeler, Chair of the Federal Communications Commission - Now is the Time to Act on Net Neutrality and Title II
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Dec. 9, 2014
Letter to Eric Holder, Attorney General, and Jeh Johnson, Secretary of Homeland Security - Government Program Tracking Phones Invades Privacy, Could Violate U.S. Constitution
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Dec. 1, 2014
Sanders Wants Probe of FairPoint Service Interruptions
Sen. Bernie Sanders
Nov. 20, 2014
Statement on Immigration Reform and Network Blackout
Sen. Bernie Sanders
Nov. 10, 2014
Letter to Thomas Wheeler, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission - Guaranteeing Open Internet
Sen. Bernie Sanders
Oct. 24, 2014
CNBC - US Needs to Defend E-Commerce as We Know It
Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Oct. 24, 2014
Letter to Penny Pritzker, Secretary of Commerce, and Michael Froman, US Trade Representative - Cross Border Data Flow
Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Oct. 22, 2014
US Energy Department Awards $3 Million in Solar Energy Grants to Vermont Companies
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Sept. 18, 2014
Leahy, Sanders, Welch, Shumlin: $891,697 Awarded Under Farm Bill For Economic And Community Development In Northern Vermont
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
July 22, 2014
STELA Reauthorization Act of 2014
Sen. Peter Welch
July 15, 2014
Letter to Tom Wheeler, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission - Net Neutrality
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
July 15, 2014
The Marketplace Fairness Act
Sen. Peter Welch
Date
Title
Politician
April 29, 2016
Paulsen, Welch Introduce Bill to Remove Barriers to Growing the Internet of Things
Sen.Peter Welch, ...
April 15, 2016
No Rate Regulation of Broadband Internet Access Act
Sen.Peter Welch
March 18, 2016
Letter to The Honorable Tom Cole, Chairman, and Rosa DeLauro, Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services and Education - Computer Science Funding
Sen.Peter Welch, ...
Feb. 25, 2016
Letter to the Honorable Loretta Lynch, Attorney General of the U.S. Department of justice and Hon. Tom Wheeler, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission - Time Warner Cable Deal for Potential Harm to Consumers
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Feb. 3, 2016
Cardin, Bipartisan Team of Senators Introduce Legislation to Expand Telehealth Services, Improve Health Outcomes, and Reduce Costs
Sen.Peter Welch, ...
Feb. 3, 2016
Cramer, Latta, Pocan and Welch Launch Bipartisan Rural Broadband Caucus
Sen.Peter Welch
Dec. 19, 2015
Third Democratic Debate
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Dec. 16, 2015
Letter to the Hon. Susan Rice, Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs - Urgeing Administration to Weigh in on Wassenaar
Sen.Peter Welch, ...
Nov. 17, 2015
Letter to the Hon. Tom Wheeler, Chairman, Federal Communication Commission - Limit Unwanted Debt Collection Robocalls
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Nov. 17, 2015
Letter to The Honorable Tom Wheeler, Chairman, Federal Communications Commission - Limit Unwanted Debt Collection Robocalls
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Nov. 9, 2015
Letter to The Honorable Tom Wheeler, Chairman, Federal Communications Commission - Foster More Competition and Choice in Pay-TV Video Box Marketplace
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Oct. 20, 2015
At Richmond School, Welch Highlights Bipartisan Legislation to Improve Call Completion in Rural America
Sen.Peter Welch
Oct. 15, 2015
Letter to Tom Wheeler, Chairman Federal Communications Commission - End Exorbitant Phone Rates for Prison Inmates and Their Families
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Oct. 13, 2015
CNN Democratic Party Presidential Debate
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Oct. 9, 2015
Letter to the Hon. Penny Pritzker, Secretary, U.S. Department of Commerce and the Hon. Edith Ramirez, Chairwoman, Federal Trade Commission - U.S. E.U. Safe Harbor Agreement
Sen.Peter Welch, ...
July 22, 2015
Wyden, Senators Call on FCC to Apply Privacy Protections to Broadband
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
July 15, 2015
Los Angeles Times - The Savvy Tech Strategy Fueling Bernie Sanders' Upstart 2016 Campaign
Sen.Bernie Sanders
July 10, 2015
Letter to Thomas Wheeler, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission - Cable and Internet Pricing
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
July 9, 2015
Letter to Tom Wheeler, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission - Local Number Portability
Sen.Peter Welch, ...
June 22, 2015
U.S. Representatives Peter Welch and David Young Look to Connect Rural America
Sen.Peter Welch, ...
June 2, 2015
Sanders Opposes Domestic Spying Bill
Sen.Bernie Sanders
May 22, 2015
Ensuring Tax Exempt Organizations the Right to Appeal Act--Continued--
Sen.Bernie Sanders
May 7, 2015
Sanders Welcomes Court Ruling on NSA
Sen.Bernie Sanders
April 29, 2015
Congressmen Latta and Welch Issue Rural Call Completion Resolution
Sen.Peter Welch, ...
April 21, 2015
Letter to Chairman Wheeler and Attorney General Holder - Comcast-Time Warner Cable Deal
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
April 21, 2015
Blumenthal, Senate Colleagues Call on Federal Regulators to Block Massive Comcast-Time Warner Cable Deal
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
March 25, 2015
CNBC - Congress Needs to Take Action on Data Security
Sen.Peter Welch, ...
March 16, 2015
Letter to Barack Obama, President of the United States - US Immigration Visa System
Sen.Peter Welch, ...
March 12, 2015
Bipartisan Data Security Draft Unveiled, Subcommittee to Review Next Week
Sen.Peter Welch, ...
March 3, 2015
Sen. Markey & Rep. Welch Introduce Legislation to Ensure Transparency, Privacy for Done Use
Sen.Peter Welch, ...
Feb. 6, 2015
At Meeting of Small Business Entrepreneurs, Welch Endorses Plan to Ensure Open and Unfettered Acess to Internet
Sen.Peter Welch
Feb. 6, 2015
Sanders Raps TV Outlets For Failure To Cover Secret Trade Deals
Sen.Bernie Sanders
Feb. 4, 2015
Sanders Welcomes FCC Turnabout on Net Neutrality
Sen.Bernie Sanders
Jan. 28, 2015
Letter to Tom Wheeler, Chair of the Federal Communications Commission - Protect Consumers from Unwanted Telemarketing Calls
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Jan. 27, 2015
Welch and Bipartisan Group of Legislators Stand Up for Privacy with GPS Act
Sen.Peter Welch, ...
Jan. 26, 2015
Investing in Infrastructure Will Support 13 Million Jobs - Sanders Explains how His Infrastructure Bill will Rebuild America's Economy
Sen.Bernie Sanders
Jan. 22, 2015
Chaffetz, Wyden Stand Up for Privacy with GPS Act
Sen.Peter Welch, ...
Jan. 21, 2015
Letter to Tom Wheeler, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission - Call for Assessment of FairPoint Emergency Network Capabilities
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Dec. 18, 2014
Letter to Tom Wheeler, Chair of the Federal Communications Commission - Now is the Time to Act on Net Neutrality and Title II
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Dec. 9, 2014
Letter to Eric Holder, Attorney General, and Jeh Johnson, Secretary of Homeland Security - Government Program Tracking Phones Invades Privacy, Could Violate U.S. Constitution
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Dec. 1, 2014
Sanders Wants Probe of FairPoint Service Interruptions
Sen.Bernie Sanders
Nov. 20, 2014
Statement on Immigration Reform and Network Blackout
Sen.Bernie Sanders
Nov. 10, 2014
Letter to Thomas Wheeler, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission - Guaranteeing Open Internet
Sen.Bernie Sanders
Oct. 24, 2014
CNBC - US Needs to Defend E-Commerce as We Know It
Sen.Peter Welch, ...
Oct. 24, 2014
Letter to Penny Pritzker, Secretary of Commerce, and Michael Froman, US Trade Representative - Cross Border Data Flow
Sen.Peter Welch, ...
Oct. 22, 2014
US Energy Department Awards $3 Million in Solar Energy Grants to Vermont Companies
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Sept. 18, 2014
Leahy, Sanders, Welch, Shumlin: $891,697 Awarded Under Farm Bill For Economic And Community Development In Northern Vermont
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
July 22, 2014
STELA Reauthorization Act of 2014
Sen.Peter Welch
July 15, 2014
Letter to Tom Wheeler, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission - Net Neutrality
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
July 15, 2014
The Marketplace Fairness Act
Sen.Peter Welch
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