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Welch calls on Congress to pass his bicameral Justice for Hind Rajab Act   WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today spoke on the Senate floor to outline essential elements of any agreement between the United States and Cuba, amidst President Trump’s ongoing oil blockade and reports of a possible “deal” between the countries. In his remarks, the Senator warned that…

BURLINGTON, VT – The Vermont Congressional Delegation, U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), and U.S. Representative Becca Balint (D-Vt.), today released the following statement regarding the recent ICE raids in South Burlington:   “President Trump’s domestic army, ICE, came into Vermont yesterday from out of state and, as is…

Hind is honored in Oscar-nominated film, “The Voice of Hind Rajab”  WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and U.S. Representative Sara Jacobs (D-CA-51) today led Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Reps. Joaquin Castro (D-TX-20) and Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-07) in introducing the Justice for Hind Rajab Act, legislation that requires the U.S. government to investigate and hold accountable those responsible…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) joined U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), and 40 Senate colleagues in demanding that the Department of Defense (DOD) provide answers to the American people on the airstrikes on a school in Minab, Iran, and civilian casualties in the Trump Administration’s…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, today joined U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-Va.) and Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) in introducing the Reclaim Trade Powers Act, bicameral legislation that would end President Donald Trump’s indiscriminate 10% tariffs on most goods by repealing Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974.   After the…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, led U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), and Ed Markey (D-Mass.) in calling on the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Inspector General (IG) to investigate all complaints the IG has received regarding FEMA. In their letter, the Senators raise concerns about allegations…