Venezuela

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), alongside U.S. Senator Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), recently introduced the No Taxpayer Funds for Corporate Investment in Venezuelan Oil Act, legislation to prohibit the Trump Administration from providing taxpayer reimbursements for oil companies investing in Venezuela’s oil and gas sector.   “President Trump’s unconstitutional actions in…

Letter Advises Chevron, ExxonMobil, and ConocoPhillips to “be on notice” that Trump has no authority to compensate them for investments.  Big Oil execs met with President Trump at the White House this afternoon.  WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today led his colleagues in urging oil industry giants Chevron, ExxonMobil, and ConocoPhillips to proceed with extreme caution as President Trump plots to…

Members of both parties delivered a powerful condemnation of the President’s unauthorized military actions in Venezuela WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, released the following statement after the Senate’s bipartisan vote to advance a War Powers Act Resolution, legislation cosponsored by Senator Welch, to block President Trump from further unauthorized military…

Welch: “It might be Trump First, or it might be Chevron First. But it’s not America First.”  WASHINGTON, D.C. – In remarks from the Senate floor this week, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, outlined how President Trump’s illegal military actions in Venezuela stand to…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today released the following statement on President Trump’s use of military force to remove Nicolás Maduro from Venezuela: “Today, my thoughts are first and foremost on the safety and wellbeing of America’s armed forces, especially the brave…