Press Release

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…

“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…

BRATTLEBORO, VT – On Wednesday, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, toured the Brattleboro Memorial Hospital, where he discussed his new bipartisan bill to support rural health care providers, the Rural Hospital Support Act, and the impact of President…

Welch: “I'm very disturbed about what is happening...how it's affecting our families here in Vermont, how it's affecting our businesses here in Vermont, and how it's affecting the mutual cooperation that we had the blessing of enjoying for generations—between us and Canada. I am opposed…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.) joined Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, in issuing the following statement after President Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, claiming wartime power to…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today voted against congressional Republicans’ Continuing Resolution (CR), which would give the Trump Administration authority to strip funding without oversight by Congress and cut billions from previously bipartisan programs and initiatives. Senator Welch released the following expanded…