Education

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, joined U.S. Senator Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and U.S. Representative Nanette Barragán (D-CA-44) in introducing the Food for Thought Act, bicameral legislation to create a grant program within the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to provide free meals to low-income college students, including those at minority-serving…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, today joined U.S. Representative Joe Courtney (D-CT-02) in reintroducing the Student Loan Interest Elimination Act, bicameral legislation to refinance the interest on federal student loans for all existing borrowers to zero percent and cap interest rates for future…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), members of the Senate Finance Committee, will introduce the Student Loan Bond Expansion Act of 2026, bipartisan, bicameral legislation to reduce financial barriers for college students looking for lower interest loans. The legislation would exempt Qualified Student Loan Bonds (QSLB) from the…

PUTNEY, VT – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) this weekend delivered keynote remarks at Landmark College’s 2025 convocation and presidential inauguration ceremony. Senator Welch expressed support for Landmark College’s mission providing higher education for students with learning disabilities and celebrated the inauguration of new Landmark…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today released the following statement on President Trump’s unconstitutional Executive Order to eliminate the Department of Education, which would require an act of Congress:   “Donald Trump is pulling the rug out from underneath a critical element…