Press Release
Apr 22, 2025
BURLINGTON, VT – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today released the following statement commemorating Earth Day: “Fighting the climate crisis has become more urgent by the day. But instead of meeting the moment, President Trump has taken a wrecking ball to the essential environmental programs…
Press Release
Mar 27, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development, Energy, and Credit, this week took to the Senate Floor to speak out against President Trump’s efforts to help corporations and Big Oil pollute our air and…
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Oct 29, 2024
BETHEL, VT — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Chair of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development and Energy, joined representatives from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to tour the White River National Fish Hatchery (NFH) and discuss the importance of the hatchery’s…
Press Release
Jul 19, 2024
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last week, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) joined Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) in writing to JPMorgan Chase (JPM) CEO Jamie Dimon, criticizing his company’s about-face on nearly two decades…
Press Release
Feb 15, 2023
The Nulhegan River and Paul Stream Wild and Scenic River Study Act key step to ensure waterways remain free-flowing and healthy WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), and Representative Becca Balint (D-Vt.) today introduced the Nulhegan River and Paul…