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Press Release
Jan 23, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) yesterday delivered remarks from the Senate Floor about President Donald Trump’s pardons of insurrectionists, who on January 6th 2021 used violence in an attempt to stop the peacefultransfer of power. President Trump issued pardons for nearly 1,600…
Press Release
Jan 23, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today questioned Brooke Rollins, President Trump’s nominee to be the Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), about several Vermont-focused concerns in her nomination hearing before the Senate Agriculture Committee. Senator Welch questioned Ms. Rollins…
Press Release
Jan 23, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, released the following statement on the Trump Administration’s actions ordering the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Civil Rights Division to freeze all new civil rights cases or investigations and indicating that it…
Press Release
Jan 23, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) released the following statement on President Trump’s Executive Orders, signed within hours of taking office, to end refugee resettlement, birthright citizenship, and humanitarian parole; reinstate and expand travel ban and ‘Remain in Mexico’ policies; and freeze the…
Press Release
Jan 22, 2025
On Jan. 17th, the Biden Administration announced 15 additional prescription drugs selected for Medicare price negotiations, including drugs to fight diabetes and treat cancers, asthma, and heart disease WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) joined Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and…
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…