Palestine

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) led Senators Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), and Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) in urging President Biden to promptly designate…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) discussed the rise in antisemitism and anti-Muslim hate and violence in Vermont and across the United States. Senator Welch pointed to recent instances of hate crimes and violence in Vermont and nationwide, including an increase in…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) led 13 of his colleagues in urging Michael Herzog, Ambassador of Israel to the United States, and Motaz Zahran, Ambassador of Egypt to the United States, to help Palestinian children who are critically ill and…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — On World Refugee Day, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, joined U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Representatives Greg Casar (D-TX-35), Debbie Dingell (D-MI-06), and Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-07)…

Statement of Sen. Peter Welch on the 2nd Anniversary of the Killing of Shireen Abu AklehRemarks as PreparedMay 8th, 2024 Madam President, May 11th will mark the second anniversary of the fatal shooting of Palestinian-American and accomplished Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. She was…