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Welch Statement on Voting to Avert a Default
WASHINGTON – Tonight, Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) released the statement below following passage of bipartisan legislation to suspend the debt ceiling and avert a U.S.
Welch Leads Letter to Department of Energy on New England Clean Power Link Proposal
Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) led colleagues in sending a letter to Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm today, urging the Department of Energy (DOE) to consider Transmission Developers Incorporated’s (TDI) application for funding to develop the New England Clean Power Link, a transmission line that would expand New England’s access to clean energy and ease winter grid reliability issues in the region.
Sen. Welch urges Biden to take action amid West Bank violence in hand-delivered letter
Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vt., hand-delivered a letter Thursday urging President Joe Biden to take action to help improve relations between the Israeli government and Palestinians in response to a recent surge in violence in the region.
After visiting Israel, Welch says Netanyahu ‘oblivious’ to threat in West Bank
Sen. Peter Welch (D-VT), who recently returned from a high-level delegation to Israel and the West Bank, said he is “extremely worried” about mounting political tensions and escalating violence in the region, raising concerns that such developments could imperil the prospect of a two-state solution.