Foreign Affairs

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today joined 11 of his Senate colleagues in renewing calls to the Biden Administration to urge the governments of Israel and Egypt to protect press freedom and allow journalists into Gaza to cover the ongoing war. In their…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) released the following statement on reports that Elliot Onil Eastman, age 26, of Vermont, has died in the Philippines after being kidnapped in the Zamboanga del Norte province:   “If the reports of Elliot’s death are confirmed, it…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) led Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), and Tina Smith (D-Minn.) in urging U.S. Secretary of State…

BURLINGTON, VT — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today released the following reaction to President Biden’s announcement of a ceasefire deal to stop fighting between Hezbollah and Israel:  “The ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hezbollah, brokered by the United States and France and announced today, is an encouraging…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) met with political and human rights activists TatsianaKhomich, Volha Harbunova, and Valery Kavaleuski to discuss ways to release political prisoners in Belarus.  During the meeting, Senator Welch spoke with Ms. Khomich about her sister, Belarusian activist Maryia Kalesnikava. Ms. Kalesnikava was an…