Foreign Affairs

Legislation would require Director of Foreign Assistance to be confirmed by the Senate  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) joined Senator Tim Kaine (D-Va.)and colleagues in introducing the Foreign Assistance Accountability and Oversight Act, legislation to expand congressional oversight of foreign assistance decision-making. The…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today released the following statement on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, 80 years since the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp:  “As we mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day, 80 years since the liberation of Auschwitz, we grieve the…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) welcomes the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas to stop the fighting and release Israeli hostages, brokered with the support of the Biden Administration. The agreement was approved following months of negotiations, and more than 15 months…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) recently led a group of his bicameral colleagues, Senators Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), and Representatives Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-07), Jim McGovern (D-MA-02), Sara Jacobs (D-CA-51), and Joaquin Castro (D-TX-20)…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On the ten-year anniversary of the Obama-Biden Administration’s normalization agreement with Cuba, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) led Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) in calling on President Biden to restore two key…