Press Release
Mar 20, 2025
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…
Press Release
Oct 15, 2024
MONTPELIER, VT – During National Farm to School Month and to celebrate Vermont’s farms and local food systems, Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) visited Montpelier High School with local farmers and Vermont agriculture leaders to meet with students and talk about the impact of Farm to…
Press Release
Sep 30, 2024
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) joined Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), and Representative Alma Adams (D-NC-12) in introducing the Parent PLUS Parity Act, bicameral legislation to ease the burden of student loan debt for parent borrowers who have helped…
In The News
Aug 30, 2024
Senator Peter Welch [D-VT] outside the Banner office in Bennington on Thursday Tim Wassberg - Bennington Banner With the recent change in presidential nominee on the Democratic side, a swath of flooding and climate issues in Vermont, housing concerns and education roadblocks, Senator Peter Welch…
Press Release
Aug 27, 2024
BURLINGTON, VT – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Commerce Committee, today recognized Vermont’s esteemed research institutions for receiving an accumulative $8,603,831 in investments from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF). The awards were granted by the NSF this fiscal cycle…