Sep 15, 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today announced the delivery of more than $12 million in new federal funding, administered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), to help fund repairs to infrastructure from the 2023 and 2024 floods. Infrastructure repair and replacement projects in the towns…
Sep 14, 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Ranking Member of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations wrote to Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin demanding information and records regarding the “mounting evidence of widespread corruption orchestrated by former Department of Homeland Security (DHS)…
Sep 11, 2026
BURLINGTON, VT—U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today released the following statement on the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks: “September 11th is a day that America will never forget. The pain of the attacks is felt to this day in New York,…
Sep 03, 2026
Welch welcomes Vermont Entrepreneur and GameTheory Founder Marguerite Dibble as Keynote Speaker for this year’s conference RANDOLPH, VT – Today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) announced registration is now open for this year’s annual Women’s Economic Opportunity Conference (WEOC), held on Saturday, September 19, 2026, from 9:00 AM to 3:30 PM at Vermont State University in Randolph. All…
Aug 27, 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C.— U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), and U.S. Representative Brad Schneider (D-IL-10), a member of the House Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee, today announced they will introduce the Banning Antiquated Duties and Delivering Equitable American Levies (BAD DEAL) Act to…