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In The News
Oct 07, 2025
Bondi responded to the questioning in increasingly combative and personal terms. Mark Schiefelbein/AP Attorney General Pam Bondi repeatedly refused to tell the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday what happened to $50,000 in cash undercover FBI agents reportedly gave White House border czar Tom Homan last…
Press Release
Oct 07, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) released the following statement on the second anniversary of Hamas’ attack on Israel: “We will never forget the atrocities committed by Hamas on October 7, 2023. Almost 1,200 people, including 43 Americans, lost their lives that day…
Press Release
Oct 06, 2025
BURLINGTON, VT – Today at Handy’s Lunch in Burlington, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, hosted a press event with Vermonters who rely on the Affordable Care Act’s premium tax credits to access health coverage. Government funding lapsed last…
In The News
Oct 06, 2025
U.S. Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and U.S. Rep. Becca Balint (D-Vt.) say the shutdown must continue until Republicans agree to concessions on health care. Sen. Peter Welch at a press conference on Monday in Burlington Colin Flanders Democrats and Republicans on Capitol…
Statement
Oct 01, 2025
Statement of Senator Peter WelchHonoring Jane GoodallRemarks as Submitted to the Congressional RecordOctober 1, 2025 I rise to pay tribute to Jane Goodall, whose pioneering scientific research on the behavior of chimpanzees and decades of tirelessly circling the globe to build support for the protection…
In The News
Oct 01, 2025
“We have to draw a line in the sand and say, ‘no,’” Rep. Becca Balint said. Sen. Bernie Sanders, left, Rep. Becca Balint, center, and Sen. Peter Welch. Photos by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Vermont’s three members of Congress are casting the federal government shutdown that started Wednesday as…
Press Release
Sep 30, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) tonight released a statement following Senate Republicans’ failure to negotiate with Democrats to fund the government: “Nobody wants a shutdown—it is damaging to our economy, to federal workers, and to the foundation of our democracy. A shutdown,…
