Statement
Jan 22, 2025
Statement of Senator Peter Welchon CubaStatement as PreparedJanuary 22, 2025 Mr. President, in his last week in office, President Biden removed Cuba from the list of State Sponsors of Terrorism, a designation imposed by former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in the final days of…
Press Release
Nov 19, 2024
WASHINGTON, D.C.—This afternoon, Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) joined Senators Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) in calling on their colleagues to support Joint Resolutions of Disapproval to block certain offensive arms and weapons sales to Israel. “All of us here…
Statement
Sep 18, 2024
Statement for the Congressional Recordon Juan LópezSenator Peter Welch (D-Vt.)September 18, 2024 Madam President, over the past six years, my office, and the office of my predecessor Senator Leahy, have received reports of recurring threats, attacks, arbitrary arrests, and assassinations of members of the Guapinol,…
Press Release
Aug 01, 2024
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today released the following statement on the release of Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan. Mr. Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter falsely convicted of espionage in a sham trial and sentenced to serve in a penal colony,…
Press Release
Mar 30, 2023
The bill comes after the Senate voted to repeal 1991, 2002 Iraq AUMFs WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and U.S. Senators Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) and Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today introduced the Accountability for Endless Wars Act, legislation to terminate the Authorizations for Use…