Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, questioned U.S. Attorney General Nominee Pamela Bondi about high costs of health care in rural America, specifically referencing recent reports detailing how insurers have cheated taxpayers out of billions…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, questioned U.S. Attorney General Nominee Pamela Bondi on President-elect Trump’s threats against political opponents. Ms. Bondi committed to Welch that at the Department of Justice, under her leadership, “No…

Vermont is one of two states without a Residential Reentry Center  WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today questioned U.S. Attorney General Nominee Pamela Bondi at her confirmation hearing. In addition to pressing Ms. Bondi on…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today joined Senators Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), John Hickenlooper (D-Colo), Angus King (I-Maine), Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), and Mark Warner (D-Va.) in unveiling an amendment…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) welcomes the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas to stop the fighting and release Israeli hostages, brokered with the support of the Biden Administration. The agreement was approved following months of negotiations, and more than 15 months…

Welch Called for Admin to Remove Cuba from List of State Sponsors of Terrorism in December  WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) released the following statement in response to congressional notification of the Biden Administration’s shift in United States-Cuba relations:  “I welcome the…