Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Congresswoman Becca Balint (VT-At Large) today celebrated that their bicameral Nulhegan River and Paul Stream Wild and Scenic River Study Act unanimously passed the Senate on Wednesday evening. The legislation will protect the…

Bill Supports Advanced DNA Technology for Investigative Agencies WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Peter Welch (D-Vt.) have introduced the Carla Walker Act, bipartisan legislation that would dedicate federal grant funds to support forensic genetic genealogy (FGG) DNA analysis to help solve…

Vermont experienced devastating flooding, severe storms July 2023 & July 2024 WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) released the following statement: “This comprehensive disaster aid is the result of months of bipartisan work. It is vitally necessary to Americans in red states and blue states…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today introduced the Global Climate Resilience Act,legislation that would create a program to bolster the United States’ ability to provide climate finance and debt relief to countries in the Global South. This new program would enhance the…

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…