Press Release
Mar 14, 2024
Under Section 620I of the Foreign Assistance Act humanitarian aid access must not be restricted, directly or indirectly, or U.S. assistance may be cut off WASHINGTON, D.C. – Amid the ongoing humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) joined Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.),…
Press Release
Mar 05, 2024
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today delivered remarks from the Senate floor about the ongoing humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, and the need for the United States to stop accommodating Prime Minister Netanyahu’s government – which has repeatedly repudiated Democratic and Republican administrations and…
In The News
Feb 16, 2024
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…
Press Release
Feb 13, 2024
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…
Press Release
Feb 13, 2024
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) released the following statement after voting against sending taxpayer dollars to support Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s bombing campaign in Gaza: “I cannot, in good faith, send more U.S. taxpayer dollars to fund Prime Minister Netanyahu’s relentless bombing…