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NEBRASKA and IOWA—U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee and Senate Agriculture Committee, will travel to Nebraska and Iowa this week to discuss the Trump Administration’s trade war and attack on rural health care.  On Friday, Senator Welch will visit…

WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today submitted a Statement for the Congressional Record raising deep concern about the systematic incarceration, prosecution and punishment of Palestinian children in the Israeli military justice system. In Senator Welch’s statement, he discussed the recent release of Mohammed Ibrahim,…

Statement of Senator Peter Welch  On Prosecutions of Palestinian Children  Congressional Record  December 2, 2025  Mr. President, for those of us who have long supported U.S. diplomatic leadership in pursuit of a secure, democratic Israel alongside a demilitarized, independent Palestinian state, the protection of due…

Welch urged Secretary Kennedy to stop blocking LIHEAP funding  WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development, Energy, and Credit, welcomed $20.7 million in federal funding for Vermont to support the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance…

In a letter to the Senate Finance Committee, Congressional leadership, and members of the House, Welch calls for bipartisan cooperation to solve urgent health care crisis WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, called on Senate Finance…

BURLINGTON & BRATTLEBORO, VT — Ahead of Small Business Saturday and the busy holiday season, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, visited with small business owners in Burlington and Brattleboro. Senator Welch celebrated Vermont’s nearly 82,000 small businesses and…

Sanders, Welch announce new Senate Resolution on anniversary BURLINGTON, VT — The Vermont Congressional Delegation, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), and Representative Becca Balint (VT-At-Large) today condemned anti-Palestinian hatred and violence. Their statements came on the second anniversary of an attack on college students…