Press Release
                        
                                        
                        Jan 28, 2025
                    
                    
                        
                        
                            WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) recently joined Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine) to introduce the Making Agricultural Products Locally Essential (MAPLE) Act and the Supporting All Producers (SAP) Act, two bipartisan, bicameral bills to support Vermont’s maple industry.   The MAPLE Act would provide…
                        
                     
                    
                
                            
                                            
                            Press Release
                        
                                        
                        Jan 27, 2025
                    
                    
                        
                        
                            ST. ALBANS, VT – Today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, convened Vermont businesses and state and local leaders for a roundtable discussion on President Trump’s threats to reignite a trade war with Canada and other U.S. trade allies…
                        
                     
                    
                
                            
                                            
                            Press Release
                        
                                        
                        Jan 27, 2025
                    
                    
                        
                        
                            MONTPELIER, VT – Today, the Vermont Congressional Delegation, Senators Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Peter Welch (D-Vt.), and Representative Becca Balint (VT-At Large), along with Vermont Governor Phil Scott and the Northern Border Regional Commission (NBRC) announced the recipients of the NBRC’s Fall 2024 Catalyst Program and…
                        
                     
                    
                
                            
                                            
                            In The News
                        
                                        
                        Jan 27, 2025
                    
                    
                        
                        
                            ST. ALBANS CITY – In light of President Donald Trump’s threats to impose a 25% tariff on Canada and Mexico, Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) met with business and industry leaders in St. Albans City Hall to hear their concerns.  Welch started off the conversation Monday…
                        
                     
                    
                
                            
                                            
                            Press Release
                        
                                        
                        Jan 27, 2025
                    
                    
                        
                        
                            BURLINGTON, VT – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) this morning published an opinion in the New York Times entitled: “Don’t Kill FEMA. Fix It.” In the Guest Essay, Senator Welch outlined why President Trump’s actions to undermine and potentially dissolve FEMA are misguided—but also committed…