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WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) released the following statement after the Senate voted unanimously to fund the TSA, Coast Guard, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and FEMA without funding for ICE and parts of Customs and Border Protection:  “Vermonters made their voice clear: no more ICE or Border Patrol funding unless reforms…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) spoke on the Senate floor and emphasized how President Trump’s $200 billion request for funding to support his war of choice in Iran will drive up costs for American families, farmers, and small business owners. In his remarks, Senator Welch urged candor from the president about his administration’s…

WASHINGTON, D.C.— U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, wrote to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Inspector General (IG) Joseph Cuffari regarding his office’s reported probe into DHS’s award of $220 million in no bid contracts for an advertising campaign…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on The Constitution, took to the Senate floor to outline the dangers of Republicans’ voter disenfranchisement bill, the SAVE America Act. In his remarks, Senator Welch read letters from Vermonters and local officials expressing deep concerns about how the SAVE America Act could silence and deny countless Americans their…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Finance Subcommittee on Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure, today joined U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), and Ed Markey (D-Mass.), alongside U.S. Representative Maxine Dexter (D-OR-03), in reintroducing the Plug Offshore Wells Act, bicameral legislation to address the growing threat of abandoned offshore oil and…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and the Senate’s only former Public Defender, was honored with the 2026 American Bar Association (ABA) Justice Award for his fight to fully fund federal defender programs.   “The rule of law is under assault in this country like never before, and serious questions are…