Press Release
Sep 05, 2024
BURLINGTON, VT – Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Judiciary and Senate Rules Committees, released the following reaction to the Departments of Justice, Treasury, State and FBI’s actions to curtail Russian election influence efforts including sanctions, charges against Russian nationals, and the…
Press Release
Aug 28, 2024
BURLINGTON, VT – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) celebrates Team USA athletes as the 2024 Summer Paralympic Games begin. The Opening Ceremony will be held today in Paris and the competition will be held Thursday, August 29 through Sunday, September 8, 2024. The United States Paralympic Team…
Press Release
Aug 06, 2024
ST. JOHNSBURY and LYNDONVILLE, VT – During National Health Center Week, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) joined Assistant Secretary for Health for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Admiral Rachel L. Levine, MD, local health care and community leaders, and flood-impacted Vermonters…
Press Release
Aug 06, 2024
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following bipartisan, bicameral advocacy by Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), and Representatives Raul Ruiz (D-CA-25), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL-12), and Brad Wenstrup (R-OH-02), the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced the launch of the redesigned Airborne Hazards and Open…
Press Release
Aug 05, 2024
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) led Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Michael Bennet (D-Colo.),and Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) in introducing the Digital Integrity in Democracy Act,legislation to increase accountability of social media platforms that knowingly host false…