Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, U.S. Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), and Angus King (I-Maine) introduced the States Handling Access to Reciprocity for Employment (SHARE) Act, bipartisan legislation to improve interstate health care workforce licensing and improve access to care across America by…

Witnesses, including Former NIH Director, highlight how deep cuts, staffing layoffs, and delayed funding at NIH hurt life-saving research  WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) and Peter Welch (D-Vt.) hosted a forum on Capitol Hill titled “Cures in Crisis: What Gutting NIH Research…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development, Energy, and Credit, this week took to the Senate Floor to speak out against President Trump’s efforts to help corporations and Big Oil pollute our air and…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch, Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and a member of the Rules Committee, released the following reaction to President Trump’s Executive Order, signed this week seeking to deny the right to vote to eligible…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, yesterday took to the Senate floor and called on Congress to defend the right to free speech and freedom of the press. Senator Welch discussed how our…

Welch: “Although we agree that government should not infringe on free speech, I don’t believe that’s what has been happening here.”  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, addressed far-right false claims of a…