Daniel Davis

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) released the following statement on the Senate’s passage of the annual National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA):  “I am grateful for the service and sacrifice of our servicemembers, veterans, and their families, and I will always fight to…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On the ten-year anniversary of the Obama-Biden Administration’s normalization agreement with Cuba, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) led Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) in calling on President Biden to restore two key…

WASHINGTON, D.C. –  In a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on legalized sports betting, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) called out online sports gambling companies FanDuel and DraftKings for exploiting the addictive nature of gambling and undermining antitrust law.   The hearing comes after Senator Welch…

Bill strengthens assistance efforts in humanitarian removal of land mines WASHINGTON, D.C.— U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) led his colleagues in introducing the Conventional Weapons Destruction and Legacy of Senator Patrick Leahy Act, a new bill to honor Senator Welch’s predecessor, Senator Patrick Leahy, for…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) this week led colleagues Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), and Senators Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) in introducing the Sanctions and Accountability for Non-Compliance and Transparent Investigative…