Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) took to the Senate floor Tuesday to advocate for the freedom of political prisoners around the world. The Senators urged bipartisan cooperation to secure the release of prisoners of conscience…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (I-W.Va.) this week filed a joint resolution proposing a constitutional amendment to establish term limits for U.S. Supreme Court Justices. The amendment would institute nonrenewable, 18-year terms for new U.S. Supreme Court…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today joined 11 of his Senate colleagues in renewing calls to the Biden Administration to urge the governments of Israel and Egypt to protect press freedom and allow journalists into Gaza to cover the ongoing war. In their…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) released the following statement on reports that Elliot Onil Eastman, age 26, of Vermont, has died in the Philippines after being kidnapped in the Zamboanga del Norte province:   “If the reports of Elliot’s death are confirmed, it…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) released the following statement expressing concern about the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO) decision to withdraw a proposed rule that would have helped restore competition to the pharmaceutical market and lower prescription drug prices for…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Chair of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development and Energy and member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, introduced the Electrifying Rural Transportation Act (ERTA), legislation to create a new grant program to…