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Statement from Senator Peter Welchon the 50th Anniversary of the Murder of Orlando Letelier and Ronni Karpen MoffittAs Prepared to Submit September 21, 2026 Mr. President, 50 years ago, on September 21, 1976, Chile’s former ambassador to the United States, Orlando Letelier, and his colleague…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today released the following statement opposing the Trump Administration’s plan to sell $2.8 billion of munitions to Israel: “As if the past two years of appalling death, destruction, and political and economic turmoil across the Middle East…

Statement of Senator Peter Welch for the Congressional Recordon Cluster Munitions Submitted September 15, 2026 Mr. President, the Third Review Conference of States Parties to the Convention on Cluster Munitions is underway in Laos, a country where millions of U.S. cluster munitions from the Vietnam…

BURLINGTON, VT—U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today released the following statement on the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks:   “September 11th is a day that America will never forget. The pain of the attacks is felt to this day in New York,…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today voted in opposition to Republicans’ Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act, which grants President Trump new authorities to impose massive tariffs on countries that ‘facilitate’ Russia oil sanctions evasion. The president could impose tariffs of up to 100% on nearly any country, taking this Constitutional authority out…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Member of the Senate Finance Committee, today released the following statement on the Trump Administration imposing new 50% tariffs on Canadian goods:  “These new tariff threats against Canada are an extreme escalation of President Trump’s reckless and irresponsible trade war. The White House’s endless attacks on our Canadian neighbors—Vermont’s closest partner in…

Welch Statement for the Congressional RecordOn Guatemala and President ArévaloSubmitted July 15, 2026 Mr. President, in December 2022, I traveled to Guatemala as part of a Congressional Delegation led by Senator Tim Kaine.  Four months earlier, to the shock and dismay of powerful right-wing forces…