Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) led a bipartisan group to introduce the Invasive Species Prevention and Forest Restoration Act today. The bill, co-led by Senators Mike Braun (R-Ind.) and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), provides tools to combat non-native insects and pathogens that threaten forests and woodlands.…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today joined Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and U.S. Representative Nydia Velázquez (D-NY-07) for a press conference marking the introduction of the Closing the Meal Gap Act, legislation that would boost support for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) for the…

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) joined Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), U.S. Representative Hank Johnson (D-GA-04), and a bicameral group of colleagues last week to call for an ethics investigation into Justice Clarence Thomas’s failure to disclose luxury travel financed by Republican megadonor…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) joined 240 Members of Congress, led by Senators Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and U.S. Representatives Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY-08), Katherine Clark (D-MA-05), Frank Pallone (D-NJ-06), Jerry Nadler (D-NY-12),…

 Legislation would allow families to use ‘529’ education savings accounts to pay for training programs WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) joined Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Mike Braun (R-Ind.) to reintroduce the Freedom to Invest in Tomorrow’s Workforce Act, bipartisan legislation to allow the…

 MONTPELIER, VT – This week, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) met with representatives from groups supporting asylum seekers across Vermont. The meeting, which included representatives from the Community Asylum Seekers Project of Vermont, the Chittenden Asylum Seekers Assistance Network, and Vermont Immigrant Assistance at Vermont Law…