In The News
Nov 14, 2024
Elodie Reed/Vermont Public FileDemonstrators stand outside Sen. Bernie Sanders' Burlington office on Friday, Nov. 17, 2023. Almost exactly a year later, Vermont's entire congressional delegation is asking the Biden administration to stop sending offensive weapons to Israel. Vermont’s congressional delegation is criticizing the Biden administration…
Press Release
Nov 14, 2024
WASHINGTON, D.C. – At a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing yesterday, Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) questioned Shira Perlmutter, Director of the U.S. Copyright Office, about the need for increased transparency around the use of AI, and discussed his legislative efforts to increase transparency and protect copyrighted…
Press Release
Nov 13, 2024
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today delivered keynote remarks at an event hosted by The Atlantic on his bipartisan work to lower prescription drug costs and advance generic medicines. The event, titled The Next Frontier for Accessible Medicines, focused on hurdles facing generic…
In The News
Nov 06, 2024
In interviews, U.S. Rep. Becca Balint, D-Vt, and U.S. Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vt, pledged to resist the impulses of President-elect Donald Trump and work across the aisle with colleagues in Congress. U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt, blasted the Democratic Party in a statement. From left:…
Press Release
Nov 04, 2024
Welch Joins Vermont Farmers and Agriculture Leaders in Fairlee FAIRLEE, VT – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Chair of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development and Energy, was awarded the American Farm Bureau Federation’s “Friend of the Farm Bureau” Award for the 118th Congress…