Foreign Policy

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,…

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…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today voted in support of legislation led by Senators Tim Kaine (D-Va.) and Todd Young (R-Ind.) to repeal the 1991 and 2002 Authorizations for Use of Military Force (AUMF) against Iraq. These authorizations grant broad power to…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Earlier this week, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) returned from a congressional delegation to Mexico to meet with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and his cabinet to discuss maintaining the strong partnership between the United States and Mexico.   Led by Senator John Cornyn (R-Texas), the…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — This week, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) joined Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), and Senators Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), and Jeff Merkley…