Press Release

COVENTRY, VT – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.), and Rep. Becca Balint (Vt-AL) today released the following statement on a reported incident resulting in the death of a Border Patrol agent in Coventry, Vermont—near the northern border: “Today, Vermont and the U.S.…

WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) released the following statement on the inauguration of President Donald Trump: “My job is to do the best I can to help Vermonters, and I’ll continue to do that. We are witnessing today the peaceful transfer of power. I…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today celebrated the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) announcement of $21.8 million in new emergency relief funding to the Vermont Agency of Transportation to help Vermont communities impacted by the July 2023 floods. The funding is allocated through…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today celebrated the White House’s announcement that it has selected 15 additional prescription drugs for Medicare price negotiations. These newly announced prescription drugs—together with ten drugs already negotiated last year—represent nearly a third of all Medicare Part…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – While questioning witnesses during the second day of the confirmation hearing for U.S. Attorney General Nominee Pamela Bondi, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) questioned legal and ethics experts, as well as former colleagues of Ms. Bondi, about the pressure she will face…

Bessent Agrees to Work with Welch on Credit Card Swipe Fees WASHINGTON, D.C. – In his first Senate Finance Committee hearing today, Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) questioned Scott Bessent, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to be the Secretary of the United States Treasury Department, about the…