Statement
Mar 04, 2025
Statement from Senator Peter WelchPrinted in the Congressional RecordMarch 4, 2025 Mr. President, every President of the United States has a right to review and realign programs funded by Congress, but only if the President acts in a way that complies with the law. In…
Press Release
Feb 07, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today reacted to reporting that Elon Musk’s so called “Department of Government Efficiency,” or DOGE, has started to review disaster recovery grant programs at FEMA, and gained private and sensitive data of disaster victims: “Disaster-impacted communities in…
Press Release
Jan 31, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) released the following statement on the Trump Administration firing January 6th prosecutors at the Department of Justice and reportedly targeting hundreds of F.B.I. agents, including some who investigated the insurrection: “The President wants the Department of Justice to answer…
Statement
Jan 22, 2025
Statement of Senator Peter Welchon CubaStatement as PreparedJanuary 22, 2025 Mr. President, in his last week in office, President Biden removed Cuba from the list of State Sponsors of Terrorism, a designation imposed by former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in the final days of…
Statement
Jan 22, 2025
Statement of Senator Peter Welchon Juan López Statement as PreparedJanuary 22, 2025 Madam President, four months ago I made a statement about the murder of Honduran Indigenous environmental defender and anti-corruption activist Juan López, on September 14, 2024, who at that time was the latest…
Press Release
Jan 03, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) released the following statement on the start of the 119th Congress: “When I walk onto the floor of the U.S. Senate, I think about the Vermonters I’ve been elected to represent: The parents working multiple jobs who just…