Foreign Affairs

BURLINGTON, VT – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) delivered remarks at the Vermont Council on World Affairs’ International Day of Peace Summit in Burlington. The Senator’s remarks rebutted President Trump’s address at the United Nations (U.N.) this week. Senator Welch focused on the importance of…

NEW YORK, NY—U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) released the following statement in support of France and Saudi Arabia’s summit at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), which focused on support for the two-state solution and an end to Israel’s war campaign in Palestine:  “The war in…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) joined U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and six of his Senate colleagues in calling on the President to recognize a Palestinian State. The resolution—the first of its kind in the United States Senate—calls for U.S. recognition of…

Resolution also honors 30th anniversary of diplomatic relations between United States and the Republic of North Macedonia WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), and Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.) this week introduced a resolution congratulating the Republic of North…

Welch on the Senate floor: “There are many labels that could apply to what is happening in Gaza today. And whatever label is used: a war crime, crimes against humanity, or ethnic cleansing, or genocide—one thing is clear: this must end.”  WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today,…