State Department

Lawmakers commend and encourage the Administration’s efforts to free political prisoners wrongfully held in Belarus  WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and John Curtis (R-Utah) partnered with U.S. Representatives Steve Cohen (D-TN-09) and Joe Wilson (D-SC-02) in calling on the Trump Administration to…

Senator Welch meets with families of five American civilians killed and injured in the West Bank  WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) led a group of bicameral lawmakers in demanding answers from the U.S. Department of State about two violent attacks on American…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) joined U.S. Senator Jeanee Shaheen, Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and eight Democratic colleagues in urging Secretary of State Marco Rubio to preserve the staff and programs administered by the Bureau of Democracy, Human…