Peter Welch

To update the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010.

To expand Americans’ access to the ballot box and reduce the influence of big money in politics, and for other purposes.

To direct the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to develop a National Strategy to Close the Digital Divide, and for other purposes.

To prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex, gender identity, and sexual orientation, and for other purposes.

To ensure greater accountability by licensed firearms dealers.

To secure the Federal voting rights of persons when released from incarceration.

To direct the Federal Trade Commission to conduct a study and submit to Congress a report on unfair or deceptive acts or practices that may be prevalent in the advertising or marketing of firearms and to issue regulations to prohibit unfair or deceptive acts or practices related to the advertising or marketing of firearms, and for other purposes.

To authorize administrative absences and travel and transportation allowances for members of the Armed Forces to travel to obtain reproductive health care.

To end preventable maternal mortality, severe maternal morbidity, and maternal health disparities in the United States, and for other purposes.

Expressing support for the designation of November 12, 2023, as National Warrior Call Day and recognizing the importance of connecting warriors in the United States to support structures necessary to transition from the battlefield, especially peer-to-peer connection.

To amend title 49, United States Code, to establish an Office of Consumer Protection in the Department of Transportation, and for other purposes.

To protect the safety of children on the internet.

To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to require that supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits be calculated using the value of the low-cost food plan, and for other purposes.

To increase the quality and supply of child care and lower child care costs for families.

To amend the Fair Housing Act to prohibit discrimination based on source of income, veteran status, or military status.

To require coordinated National Institute of Standards and Technology science and research activities regarding illicit drugs containing xylazine, novel synthetic opioids, and other substances of concern, and for other purposes.

To ensure that contractors of the Department of Agriculture comply with certain labor laws, and for other purposes.

To prohibit disinformation in the advertising of abortion services, and for other purposes.

To provide standards for facilities at which aliens in the custody of the Department of Homeland Security are detained, and for other purposes.

To reauthorize and update the Project Safe Childhood program, and for other purposes.