Feb 29, 2024
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) tonight released the following statement after voting to extend government funding to avoid a government shutdown and continue negotiations on bipartisan funding bills: “The clock is ticking, and Vermont families are counting on us to pass a…
Feb 13, 2024
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) released the following statement after voting against sending taxpayer dollars to support Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s bombing campaign in Gaza: “I cannot, in good faith, send more U.S. taxpayer dollars to fund Prime Minister Netanyahu’s relentless bombing…
Feb 11, 2024
WASHINGTON, D.C. - This week, Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) filed an amendment that would prohibit taxpayer dollars from being used to advance Israel’s bombing campaign in Gaza. Senator Welch released the following statement after filing the amendment: “In the early stages of this conflict, thousands…
Feb 11, 2024
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Ahead of the Super Bowl—which marks the largest day of consumption of avocados in America—U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) led a group of colleagues in sending a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, and U.S. Trade Representative…
Jan 15, 2024
BURLINGTON, VT – U.S. Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) released the following statement on the inauguration of President Bernardo Arévalo in Guatemala: “With the inauguration of President Bernardo Arévalo, the choice of a decisive majority of Guatemalans who courageously voted last year for integrity, decency, and…