Press Release
Mar 20, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today released the following statement on President Trump’s unconstitutional Executive Order to eliminate the Department of Education, which would require an act of Congress: “Donald Trump is pulling the rug out from underneath a critical element…
Press Release
Mar 20, 2025
“Cures in Crisis: What Gutting NIH Research Means for Americans with Cancer, Alzheimer's, & Other Diseases” will spotlight patients, universities, and researchers impacted by cuts WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Peter Welch (D-VT) announced that on Wednesday, March 26, at…
In The News
Mar 19, 2025
U.S. Senator Peter Welch, D-Vt., a member of the Senate Finance Committee, discusses the importance of protecting Medicaid and his new bipartisan bill, the Rural Hospital Support Act, while touring Brattleboro Memorial Hospital on Wednesday.Kristopher Radder Brattleboro Reformer BRATTLEBORO — U.S. Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vt., stopped…
In The News
Mar 18, 2025
Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt) and the Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, a Member of Parliament for Compton-Stanstead, Quebec pose for a photo at Tuesday’s community forum held at the Eastside. (Photo By William Crooks) NEWPORT CITY – President Donald Trump continues to tout plans for tariffs between…
Press Release
Mar 14, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. – During a Senate Finance Committee hearing today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) slammed Republicans’ disastrous Continuing Resolution (CR), which would make significant cuts to vital programs and services Vermonters rely on. In his remarks, Senator Welch criticized Republicans for relinquishing Congress’ constitutional…