Trump Administration

Welch pressed Trump’s former personal attorney and Acting AG Todd Blanche on his conflicts of interest during tenure as Deputy AG WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, grilled Acting Attorney General (AG) and AG nominee Todd Blanche on his role in the Trump Administration’s corruption of the pardon process…

BURLINGTON, VT — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and Senate Finance Committee, today released the following statement on the Supreme Court’s rulings in Trump v. Slaughter and Trump v. Cook. In the former, the Court gave the President power to fire the heads of independent agency without cause:  “The Supreme Court’s…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), alongside Vermont Congressional Delegation colleagues U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and U.S. Representative Becca Balint (VT-AL), raised the alarm that recordkeeping issues at the Department of Defense (DOD) have created unnecessary financial hardship and administrative burdens for the Vermont Air National Guard’s 158th Fighter Wing while deployed under federal…

Letter comes two years after Welch led colleagues urging Biden Admin to address illegal deforestation linked to avocados produced in Mexico  WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Member of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Conservation, Forestry, Natural Resources, and Biotechnology, today led U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Chris Van Hollen…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Member of the Senate Rules and Administration Committee, this week joined the entire Senate Democratic Caucus, led by Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Gary Peters (D-Mich.), Ranking Member of the Senate Rules and Administration Committee Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), and Senate Democratic…