Press Release

Bill Aligns Medicare Payments for EMS Providers with Community Needs, Ensures EMS Can Provide Essential Medical Care to Rural Communities BETHEL, VT – On January 5, Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) joined EMS providers at White River Valley Ambulance to tour the facility and discuss the…

BURLINGTON, VT – Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) released the following statement in reaction to Israel’s Supreme Court striking down a component of the divisive judicial overhaul led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government intended to undermine an independent judiciary and remove the Court’s ability to overturn government decisions deemed ‘unreasonable’: “Israel’s Supreme Court…

BURLINGTON, VT—Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) released the following statement on the U.S. Secretary of State’s announcement of a major arms sale to Israel this week: “For the second time in a matter of weeks, the Secretary of State has approved the sale of tens of…

MONTPELIER, VT– Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today applauded the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s announcement that Vermont’s Institute for Sustainable Communities (ISC) will receive $50 million provided through the EPA’s National Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Grantmaking program, part of the Biden Administration’s ‘Investing in America’…

WATERBURY, VT – Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) addressed the Vermont Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors and Vermont business leaders at the Vermont Chamber’s Wellspring Forum series in Waterbury on Monday morning. He discussed federal efforts to address the housing shortage for middle-class workers, cut…

Legislation Provides Communities with Federal Resources to Research and Develop New Tests, Establish Partnerships to Combat Rise in Xylazine WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, President Joe Biden signed Senator Peter Welch’s (D-Vt.) bipartisan bill, the Testing, Rapid Analysis, and Narcotic Quality (TRANQ) Research Act, into law. …