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…
Statement
Dec 04, 2024
Senator Peter WelchStatement for the Congressional RecordDecember 4, 2024On Remembering Donald H. Turner, Jr. Madam President, Donald H. Turner, Jr. epitomized public service. Don grew up in Milton, Vermont, a town of less than 11,000 people. When he was a boy, it had half that…
Statement
Nov 21, 2024
Statement of Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.)As Prepared and Submitted for the Congressional RecordNovember 21, 2024 Madam President, world leaders and other high-ranking officials from nearly 200 countries have been in Baku, Azerbaijan this week in pursuit of an agreement on financing of future actions necessary…