Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today celebrated the two-year anniversary of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law at an event with Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Reps. Yvette Clarke (NY-09) and Marc Veasey (TX-33); FCC Commissioner Geoffrey…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a Senate Rules Committee meeting today, Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) helped advance a resolution that would allow for the en bloc confirmation of military promotions, bypassing Senator Tommy Tuberville’s (R-Ala.) holds on 378 military promotions. Sen. Tuberville’s block on military promotions…

NEW YORK, Nov. 13 – Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Peter Welch (D-Vt.) visited the United Nations today in order to hear directly from key leaders about urgent efforts to address the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and end the unacceptably high loss of civilian lives.…

WASHINGTON, D.C.–Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today released the following statement on the U.S. Supreme Court’s adoption of a Code of Conduct, following years of reporting exposing alleged ethical lapses of Supreme Court Justices: “The integrity of the U.S. Supreme Court matters–and that integrity has continuously been…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today applauded the announcement of over $1 million in grants to the Northeastern Vermont Development Association of St. Johnsbury, VT, and the Center on Rural Innovation in Hartland, VT, awarded by the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Senators Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) sent a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Thomas…