Foreign Affairs

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today delivered remarks from the Senate floor about the ongoing humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, and the need for the United States to stop accommodating Prime Minister Netanyahu’s government – which has repeatedly repudiated Democratic and Republican administrations and…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) led U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), and Tina Smith (D-Minn.) in sending a letter to Israel’s Ambassador to the United States, Michael Herzog, on the imperative of urgently providing humanitarian aid in Gaza. The…

BURLINGTON, VT – Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) released the following statement in advance of Saturday’s observance of the second anniversary of Russia’s unprovoked, full-scale invasion of Ukraine, which began on February 24, 2022:  “Since Vladimir Putin’s invasion in February 2022, and going back to the illegal annexation of…

WASHINGTON, D.C. - This week, Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) filed an amendment that would prohibit taxpayer dollars from being used to advance Israel’s bombing campaign in Gaza. Senator Welch released the following statement after filing the amendment:  “In the early stages of this conflict, thousands…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Following the release of a national security supplemental agreement, which included provisions to address the Israel-Gaza conflict, the war in Ukraine, and our nation’s border, the Senate took a procedural vote today to advance debate on the package. The Senate failed to…