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Sen. Peter Welch addresses attendees at The Vermont Foodbank’s Hunger Action Conference at the Killington Grand Hotel in Killington on Friday. KILLINGTON, VT — Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) told Vermont anti-hunger advocates Friday that he’s humbled by the work they’ve done during the pandemic and…

U.S. Senate / https://www.welch.senate.gov/Vermont Senator Peter Welch Vermont Senator Peter Welch joined advocates to highlight what they say is a need to protect Medicaid as its provisions are threatened by a bill passed by the Republican House majority. House Republicans approved the “Limit, Save, Grow…

He sees opportunities for bipartisan work, especially on agriculture issues Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vt. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo) At the tender age of 75, Peter Welch is starting from scratch, in a way. Welch became one of the oldest freshmen to ever roam the Senate’s…

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,…

The senator from Vermont is calling on Biden to reassert the need for a two-state solution after recent violence between Israeli settlers and Palestinians. Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vt. hand-delivered a letter asking President Joe Biden to engage with Israel over recent West Bank violence. (Drew…

Sen. Peter Welch expressed concerns that the Israeli PM underestimates the threat that the situation in the Palestinian territories poses to maintaining the Jewish and democratic identity of Israel US Senator Peter Welch (L) (D-VT) talks on the phone as he makes his way to…