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BURLINGTON, VT – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) delivered remarks at the Vermont Council on World Affairs’ International Day of Peace Summit in Burlington. The Senator’s remarks rebutted President Trump’s address at the United Nations (U.N.) this week. Senator Welch focused on the importance of…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Ted Budd (R-N.C.) this morning published an opinion piece in Newsweek entitled: “Congress Should Help Air Innovation Take Flight.” In their op-ed, the Senators urge Congress to build on America's proud history of global aviation leadership…

In 1903, the Wright Brothers launched a new era of American innovation with their first successful powered flight in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. More than 120 years later, it's time for Congress to build on this proud American legacy by spearheading the newest revolution in flight: Advanced…

Letter comes after USDA Secretary Rollins announced a proposal to relocate Dept. employees throughout the country  WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development, Energy, and Credit, led nine of his Senate colleagues in calling…

NEW YORK, NY—U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) released the following statement in support of France and Saudi Arabia’s summit at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), which focused on support for the two-state solution and an end to Israel’s war campaign in Palestine:  “The war in…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, recently joined Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and 19 of his Senate colleagues in reintroducing the Billionaires Income Tax Act, bicameral legislation to help ensure billionaires pay…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Committee on Rural Development, Energy, and Credit, joined Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), and U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-07) in reintroducing the Local School Foods Expansion Act, bicameral legislation…