Press Release

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. …

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Reps. David Trone (D-MD-06), Lisa McClain (R-MI-09), Ann Kuster (D-NH-02), and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-01) today led a bipartisan, bicameral letter to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra and Office of National Drug Control…

WASHINGTON – Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) joined Senators Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) today in calling on President Joe Biden to urge the governments of Israel and Egypt to protect press freedom and allow journalists into…