Press Release

MIDDLEBURY, VT — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) will travel to Middlebury next week as part of his ‘Common Grounds with Senator Welch’ listening session series. Senator Welch invites Vermonters to get a cup of coffee and discuss how Washington can work better for the Green Mountain State. The Senator…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development, Energy, and Credit, joined Senate Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and fellow Senate Agriculture Committee Democrats in releasing the following statement on the passage of the House Farm Bill:  “We have been clear that the Farm Bill…

WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today released the following statement in response to the Supreme Court’s decision in Louisiana v. Callais:   “Make no mistake: today, the conservative Supreme Court willfully disenfranchised Black and minority Americans. Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act was one of America’s last defenses against discriminatory voting…

Welch is cosponsor of War Powers Resolution to block the deployment of U.S. Armed Forces in hostilities against Cuba  WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today spoke on the Senate floor in support of a War Powers Resolution led by Sens. Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), and Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) and cosponsored by…

Welch offered amendment to Republicans’ budget resolution that would protect Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program from being zeroed out  WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Committee on Rural Development, Energy, and Credit, took to the Senate floor Monday evening to emphasize how President Trump’s threat to cut 100% of federal funding for the Low-Income Home…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) joined the Absentee and Mail Voter Protection Act (Absentee MVP) Act, legislation led by U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Gary Peters (D-Mich.), and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), to block President Trump’s unlawful March 31, 2026, executive order (EO) that aims to illegally rewrite federal election rules or any similar order and…