Press Release
Mar 21, 2025
Senators: “Attempts by the government to punish an individual simply for espousing political views it disagrees with are wrong and unconstitutional.” WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today , U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on the Constitution,…
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Mar 20, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today released the following statement on President Trump’s unconstitutional Executive Order to eliminate the Department of Education, which would require an act of Congress: “Donald Trump is pulling the rug out from underneath a critical element…
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Mar 20, 2025
“Cures in Crisis: What Gutting NIH Research Means for Americans with Cancer, Alzheimer's, & Other Diseases” will spotlight patients, universities, and researchers impacted by cuts WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Peter Welch (D-VT) announced that on Wednesday, March 26, at…
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Mar 19, 2025
BRATTLEBORO, VT – On Wednesday, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, toured the Brattleboro Memorial Hospital, where he discussed his new bipartisan bill to support rural health care providers, the Rural Hospital Support Act, and the impact of President…
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Mar 18, 2025
Welch: “I'm very disturbed about what is happening...how it's affecting our families here in Vermont, how it's affecting our businesses here in Vermont, and how it's affecting the mutual cooperation that we had the blessing of enjoying for generations—between us and Canada. I am opposed…
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Mar 17, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.) joined Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, in issuing the following statement after President Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, claiming wartime power to…