Press Release
Jul 30, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) has cosponsored U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders’ (I-Vt.) Joint Resolutions of Disapproval (JRD) to block the sales of certain offensive weapons to Israel. The JRDs would prohibit the U.S.-financed sale of $675 million for bombs and guidance kits, plus…
Press Release
Jul 28, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) led 19 of their Senate Colleagues in pressing the Trump Administration for answers on the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF). In their letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the Senators called on…
Press Release
Jun 04, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C.—This morning, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) met with Israel’s Ambassador to the United States, Yechiel Leiter in his office. During the meeting, Senator Welch urged Ambassador Leiter and the Israeli government to end the blockade on medicine, infant formula, and other lifesaving humanitarian…
In The News
May 29, 2025
U.S. Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vt., says he will fight the “Big Beautiful Bill” however he can. “This bill should be defeated, not amended,” Welch told a crowd at the Paramount Theatre in Rutland on Wednesday evening. “I don’t know if it’s going to pass or…
Press Release
May 21, 2025
Israel is still blocking aid as the UN warns 14,000 babies will die without urgent humanitarian assistance WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and 45 colleagues were blocked by Republicans when Senator Welch requested unanimous consent to pass his resolution calling for the delivery of…