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WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today released the following statement in response to the Supreme Court’s decision in Louisiana v. Callais:   “Make no mistake: today, the conservative Supreme Court willfully disenfranchised Black and minority Americans. Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act was one of America’s last defenses against discriminatory voting…

Welch is cosponsor of War Powers Resolution to block the deployment of U.S. Armed Forces in hostilities against Cuba  WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today spoke on the Senate floor in support of a War Powers Resolution led by Sens. Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), and Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) and cosponsored by…

Welch offered amendment to Republicans’ budget resolution that would protect Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program from being zeroed out  WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Committee on Rural Development, Energy, and Credit, took to the Senate floor Monday evening to emphasize how President Trump’s threat to cut 100% of federal funding for the Low-Income Home…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) joined the Absentee and Mail Voter Protection Act (Absentee MVP) Act, legislation led by U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Gary Peters (D-Mich.), and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), to block President Trump’s unlawful March 31, 2026, executive order (EO) that aims to illegally rewrite federal election rules or any similar order and…

Legislation would ban former Senate-confirmed government employees from lobbying for countries of concern  WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, celebrated the Senate’s passage of the Conflict-free Leaving Employment and Activity Restrictions (CLEAR) Path Act, bipartisan legislation introduced alongside Senators John Cornyn…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, proposed changes to Senate Republicans’ budget resolution, which as written, would fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) without making necessary and urgent reforms to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Customs…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), members of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, held a roundtable on Capitol Hill with more than 20 artists to discuss the Senators’ bipartisan TRAIN Act and NO FAKES Act. The artists visited Capitol Hill as part of the Recording Academy’s GRAMMYs on the Hill Advocacy Day.   The Transparency and Responsibility for Artificial Intelligence…