Press Release

The Milk from Family Dairies Act establishes a new Dairy Market Stabilization Program  WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Member of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, Poultry, and Food Safety, and U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) this week led the introduction of the Milk from Family Dairies Act, legislation which would ensure market transparency and fair prices for family…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), alongside Vermont Congressional Delegation colleagues U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and U.S. Representative Becca Balint (VT-AL), raised the alarm that recordkeeping issues at the Department of Defense (DOD) have created unnecessary financial hardship and administrative burdens for the Vermont Air National Guard’s 158th Fighter Wing while deployed under federal…

Letter comes two years after Welch led colleagues urging Biden Admin to address illegal deforestation linked to avocados produced in Mexico  WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Member of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Conservation, Forestry, Natural Resources, and Biotechnology, today led U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Chris Van Hollen…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Member of the Senate Rules and Administration Committee, this week joined the entire Senate Democratic Caucus, led by Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Gary Peters (D-Mich.), Ranking Member of the Senate Rules and Administration Committee Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), and Senate Democratic…

Welch: “It’s a bitter irony that President Trump is honoring our nation’s anniversary by embracing many of the practices that the Founders rejected.” WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, criticized President Trump for using America’s 250th anniversary to engage in self-promotion, self-dealing, and selling access…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Member of the Senate Finance Subcommittee on Health Care, today released the following statement on the state of abortion care and reproductive rights in America, four years after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade:  “The erosion of reproductive freedom in America didn’t happen overnight. In exchange…