Sep 22, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Committee on Rural Development, Energy, and Credit, joined Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), and U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-07) in reintroducing the Local School Foods Expansion Act, bicameral legislation…
Sep 19, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) joined U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and six of his Senate colleagues in calling on the President to recognize a Palestinian State. The resolution—the first of its kind in the United States Senate—calls for U.S. recognition of…
Sep 18, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, joined U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Rand Paul (R-Ky.), Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), and Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), and Angus King (I-Maine) in filing…
Sep 18, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development, Energy, and Credit, today joined U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.) and U.S. Representative Sean Casten (D-IL-06) in reintroducing the Energizing Our Communities Act, legislation to support local…
Sep 18, 2025
Resolution also honors 30th anniversary of diplomatic relations between United States and the Republic of North Macedonia WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), and Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.) this week introduced a resolution congratulating the Republic of North…