Press Release

Today – Friday, May 22nd —is the deadline for responses to the lawmakers’ letters  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Thursday evening, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on The Constitution, alongside U.S. Representative Dave Min (D-CA-47), Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and Chair of the Congressional Progressive…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, joined U.S. Senators Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Katie Britt (R-Ala.), and Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) in leading the Senate’s passage of their bipartisan Terminating Restrictive Enforcement of Youth Settlements (TREY’S Law). This bipartisan legislation would void non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) that silence survivors of child sexual…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, took to the Senate floor to underscore how President Trump is trying to swindle hardworking American taxpayers to pay for his $1 billion vanity project to reconstruct the White House’s historic East Wing.   In his remarks, Senator Welch outlined just a fraction of…

WASHINGTON, D.C. –Today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) celebrated the announcement of a $375 million investment by the Department of Commerce to support GlobalFoundries’ (GF) new quantum foundry, Quantum Technology Solutions. This federal funding was made possible by the bipartisan CHIPS and Science Act, which Sen. Welch helped pass as a member…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee and Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights, this week addressed independent retailers, wholesalers, and small grocers at the National Grocers Association’s 2026 Fly-In for Fair Competition Event on Capitol Hill. In his remarks, Senator Welch called on Congress to support efforts that ensure grocers get their fair…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today announced the delivery of $260,000 in federal funding, administered by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), to modernize and enhance the family travel experience at Patrick Leahy Burlington International Airport (BTV). This federal funding is made possible by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA),…