AJ Byambasaikhan

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee,joined U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-Mich.), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Senate Rules and Administration Committee, and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and…

Welch: “Let me say this clearly, let me say it slowly, and let me say it directly: President Trump has, since January 6th, pursued an all-out effort to continue his dispute that he lost that election.”    WASHINGTON, D.C.—In a subcommittee hearing today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch…

Welch pushed for Trump to issue refunds after the Supreme Court blocked his reckless, global tariffs  WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, today urged Vermont small businesses to apply for a refund from the U.S. government for President Trump’s reckless and illegal global tariffs.   The new refund…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, cosponsored the Rehabilitation through Reading Act, legislation led by U.S. Senator Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO-05), to expand library resources and services to support the education and skills training of incarcerated Americans to improve opportunities upon their…

Nearly 38% of Vermont households participating in SNAP have an elderly person  9.6% of older Vermonters live below the poverty line  WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, cosponsored the Senior Hunger Prevention Act, bicameral legislation led by Senate Aging Committee Ranking Member Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and U.S. Senator John Fetterman (D-Pa.) to expand Supplemental Nutrition…