Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. — This week, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) led eleven of his Senate colleagues in demanding that the Trump Administration secure the release of Abdalkareem Issa Ahmed Safi, an 18-year-old U.S. citizen and high school student, currently detained at Israel’s notorious Ofer prison.…

Lawmakers to Rollins: “A requirement meant to stretch federal dollars could instead keep those dollars from reaching the farms and processors Congress intended to help.”  WASHINGTON, D.C. — This week, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, joined U.S. Representative…

FEMA Administrator told state officials FEMA will soon scale back federal support after a disaster WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today released the following statement in response to new reporting that Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Cameron Hamilton told state disaster…

BOSTON, MASS. — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.) appeared in Boston this week to participate in The Edward M. Kennedy Institute’s (EMKI) 2026 installment of The Senate Project series. The Senators had an in-depth discussion on timely topics, including interactions and collaborations with fellow senators during their tenure, and their combined work on bipartisan…

BURLINGTON, VT – U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), and U.S. Representative Becca Balint (VT-AL) today announced the delivery of $60.3 million in new federal funding, administered by the Department of Transportation (DOT) to the Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans) to rehabilitate and…

MONTPELIER, VT — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) this week joined the Vermont Public Interest Research Group (VPIRG) and the Center for American Progress (CAP) for a Democracy Town Hall on the urgency of ending corporate spending in elections in the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s Citizens…