News

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today released the following statement in response to the forcible removal of U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) from a Department of Homeland Security press conference: “What we have just witnessed should shock the conscience of every Member…

WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today grilled Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on the Trump Administration’s reckless trade policies, which are raising costs for Vermont businesses, manufacturers, farmers, and families. Senator Welch pressed Secretary Bessent on how President Trump’s unpredictable economic policies have wrought instability…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) joined U.S Representatives Lauren Underwood (D-IL-14) and Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ-02) this week in celebrating the House passage of the bipartisan, bicameral Baby Changing on Board Act. This bill would require each Amtrak train…

Welch examines the Trump Administration’s ongoing use of immigrants to attack the fundamental rights of all Americans  WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on The Constitution, this week joined U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.)…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), member of the Senate Finance Committee, this week welcomed Steve Wright, President and General Manager of Jay Peak Resort, to the U.S. Senate for a forum on the impact of tariffs and President Trump’s trade war on…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In the Oval Office Tuesday, President Trump said he plans to start ‘phasing out’ FEMA after the hurricane season and ‘give out less money’ to disaster victims. Trump also said he plans to ‘give [disaster aid] out directly. It’ll be from the…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Committee on Rural Development, Energy, and Credit, today joined U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and U.S. Representative Mike Thompson (D-CA-04) to introduce the Bicycle Commuter Act of 2025, bicameral legislation that…