Venezuela

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…

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…