Press Release
Mar 31, 2023
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) this week sent a letter to the Senate Appropriations Committee calling for increased federal funding for programs supporting Lake Champlain, including the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Lake Champlain Basin Program. In their…
Press Release
Mar 30, 2023
The bill comes after the Senate voted to repeal 1991, 2002 Iraq AUMFs WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and U.S. Senators Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) and Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today introduced the Accountability for Endless Wars Act, legislation to terminate the Authorizations for Use…
In The News
Mar 29, 2023
BENNINGTON — As Vermont faces an increase in opioid overdose deaths — nearly all of them connected to fentanyl – U.S. Sen. Peter Welch is co-sponsoring a bill aimed at improving law enforcement’s understanding of the synthetic painkiller and how it is being misused. Welch,…
Press Release
Mar 29, 2023
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today voted in support of legislation led by Senators Tim Kaine (D-Va.) and Todd Young (R-Ind.) to repeal the 1991 and 2002 Authorizations for Use of Military Force (AUMF) against Iraq. These authorizations grant broad power to…
Press Release
Mar 29, 2023
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) joined Senator Rick Scott (R-Fla.) to introduce the bipartisan Overcoming Prevalent Inadequacies in Overdose Information Data Sets (OPIOIDS) Act, comprehensive new legislation to help law enforcement better identify, understand, and address opioid overdoses. In 2022, more than 230 Vermonters…