Press Releases

BRATTLEBORO — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) will travel to Windham County on Monday, October 5th as part of his Common Grounds Listening Session series.    This event will be held at the Brooks Memorial Library in Brattleboro from 2:00-3:00 p.m. Vermonters are invited to join Senator Welch for a…

Average Vermont household has paid an additional $4,500+ for goods and services from rising costs under Trump, due in large part to his trade war  Welch: “This is just bone-crushing, business-crushing, job-crushing. And there’s no rationale for it.”  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senate Republicans today blocked passage of the Banning Antiquated Duties and Delivering…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, discussed the legality of the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) investigation into President Trump’s role in the January 6, 2021, insurrection with former DOJ Special Counsel Jack Smith.   In his remarks, Senator Welch emphasized how President Trump’s repeated falsehoods about…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), along with U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and Tim Kaine (D-Va.), today sent a letter raising concerns that the Trump Administration is using diplomatic, economic, and political pressure to deliberately weaken Brazil’s democratic institutions ahead of its…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and former Member of the Senate Commerce Committee, released the following statement on the Senate’s passage of the bipartisan Protect College Sports Act, which he cosponsored:   “The bipartisan Protect College Sports…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and member of the Senate Rules Committee, demanded answers from Assistant Attorney General (AAG) Harmeet Dhillon, head of the Civil Rights Division at the U.S. Department of…