AJ Byambasaikhan

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…

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…

DERBY LINE – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) submitted the following Statement for the Congressional Record commemorating the inauguration of a new entryway on the Canadian side of the Haskell Free Library and Opera House, a centuries-old community landmark that straddles the U.S.-Canada border. A representative from Senator Welch’s office attended the opening and presented this Statement for the…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development, Energy, and Credit, today pressed U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins about the Department’s progress in delivering over $62 million in disaster aid relief to Vermont communities impacted by devastating floods in July of 2023 and 2024. During his questioning, Secretary Rollins confirmed that $31.7…

Inflation hit 4.2% as Middle East war drags on  Trump today in the Oval Office: “I love the inflation.”  WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, released the following statement on new inflation data showing consumer prices are up for the…