In The News
Jun 19, 2025
Bernie Sanders and Peter Welch. Photos by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Vermont’s U.S. senators are backing legislation meant to prohibit President Donald Trump from using military force against Iran without first getting approval from Congress to do so — a possibility he has floated as fighting between Iran and…
In The News
Jun 17, 2025
Sen. Peter Welch speaks to the roundtable group. Photo: Cameron Smith on behalf of Axios. WASHINGTON – Improving drug access and affordability is a key health care policy issue with strong bipartisan support, health care experts said at an Axios roundtable on June 12. Axios'…
In The News
Jun 16, 2025
A group of 10 Democratic senators are urging Secretary of State Marco Rubio to save the State Department’s human rights arm amid his sweeping reorganization effort. The State Department notified Congress last month that most offices in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) would be shuttered under…
Press Release
Jun 10, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) tonight took to the Senate floor to slam the Trump Administration’s reckless request to rescind $9.4 billion in Fiscal Years (FY) 2024 and 2025 Congressionally-appropriated funds, which provide vital support to Americans through public broadcasting and radio…
Press Release
Jun 10, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee,today joined Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) in introducing the Higher Wages for American Workers Act of 2025, bipartisan legislation to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour and allow the…