Israel-Gaza

Democrats Jeff Merkley (Ore.), Dick Durbin (Ill.), Elizabeth Warren (Mass.), Chris Van Hollen (Md.) and Peter Welch (Vt.) are U.S. senators. The United States must act immediately to address the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza. Israel has every right to pursue those who carried out Hamas’s horrific…

In the wee hours of Tuesday morning, Vermont’s two U.S. senators voted against a $95 billion spending package slated to dispense billions of dollars in aid to foreign allies, including Israel and Ukraine. Sens. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Peter Welch, D-Vt., cited Israel’s ongoing war…

WASHINGTON, D.C. —After voting against the National Security Supplemental Package this morning, Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) took to the Senate Floor to explain why he could not support sending billions of U.S. taxpayer dollars to fund Prime Minister Netanyahu’s military campaign in Gaza, which has…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) joined a push by Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) to amend the National Security Act of 2024 and require the State Department to review the use of U.S. weapons over the past year in conflicts around the…

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…