Aaron White

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today voted against congressional Republicans’ Continuing Resolution (CR), which would give the Trump Administration authority to strip funding without oversight by Congress and cut billions from previously bipartisan programs and initiatives. Senator Welch released the following expanded…

The following Vote Explanation was submitted for S.9: Mr. President, I was absent from the Senate on March 3, 2025. Had I been present for rollcall vote No. 100 on S.9, I would have voted no. This legislation is a gross overreach of Federal authority…

Statement from Senator Peter WelchPrinted in the Congressional RecordMarch 4, 2025 Mr. President, every President of the United States has a right to review and realign programs funded by Congress, but only if the President acts in a way that complies with the law. In…

Welch filed more than 70 amendments to the budget resolution  WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee and Ranking Member of the Agriculture Committee’s Subcommittee on Rural Development, Energy, and Credit, filed amendments to Senate Republicans’ budget resolution which,…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today reacted to reporting that Elon Musk’s so called “Department of Government Efficiency,” or DOGE, has started to review disaster recovery grant programs at FEMA, and gained private and sensitive data of disaster victims:   “Disaster-impacted communities in…