Press Release
Jun 15, 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on The Constitution, alongside U.S. Representative Dave Min (D-CA-47), Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus’ Anti-Corruption Task Force, escalated the lawmakers’ ongoing oversight investigation into whether…
Press Release
Jun 12, 2026
Press conference will examine the Trump Administration’s weaponization of immigration law to target protected speech and association WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Wednesday, June 17th at 4 PM EDT, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.),Ranking Member of the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), the Knight First Amendment Institute, Mohsen Mahdawi, a Vermonter and Columbia…
Press Release
Jun 12, 2026
MONTPELIER, VT – Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Representative Becca Balint (VT-At Large), Governor Phil Scott and the Northern Border Regional Commission (NBRC), today announced that seven Vermont communities will receive a combined $7.6 million from NBRC’s Catalyst Program. “These are important investments and will help…
Press Release
Jun 11, 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) this week joined U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), and 22 Senate colleagues in pressing the Trump Administration on the impacts that foreign aid cuts and the United States’ withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO) have had on…
Press Release
Jun 11, 2026
Senators Urge DOE Secretary to allow working families the freedom to purchase energy appliances that lower their utility bills WASHINGTON, D.C. — This week, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development, Energy, and Credit, joined U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and…