Peter Welch
U.S. Senator · Vermont · Democrat
Statements and posts
525 press releases, floor remarks and posts since Jan 3, 2025.
Activity, last 12 weeks
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525 statements
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Urged Trump administration to stop interfering in Brazil's October 2026 presidential election.
“This effort first escalated sharply during the summer of 2025, with the administration deploying tariffs and targeted sanctions to attempt to shape the Brazilian Supreme Court’s verdict in the trial of former President Jair Bolsonaro on charges of attempting to foment a military coup to stay in power.”
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Defended Jack Smith's investigation into Trump's January 6 role as legitimate.
“Many of the questions or statements directed toward this prosecutor—you could put any other prosecutor there—but whoever was the one that was pursuing the question of legality of January 6th and documents in Mar-a-Lago, be facing the same personal attacks, system attacks, as Mr. Smith.”
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Expressing Support for the Designation of September as Dystonia Awareness Month
Mr. President, the President of the United States--acting, in my view, without any legal authority--is imposing unilateral tariffs on Canada. Those tariffs are now being reciprocated by Canada on us. They are doing enormous damage today to Vermonters and to Americans. They are doing enormous damage…
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Demanded answers on DOJ hiring attorney convicted of election interference for election monitoring.
“According to credible reports, the Civil Rights Division sent a recently hired attorney to conduct election monitoring for the Department of Justice who was previously convicted of election interference.”
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Welch Statement on Senate Passage of the Bipartisan Protect College Sports Act
Praised Senate passage of bipartisan Protect College Sports Act.
“The bipartisan Protect College Sports Act is significant progress in the effort to establish clear national rules and combat consolidation for a broken system. No compromise is perfect, but this bill proves bipartisanship is still a winning play for Congress.”
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Led bipartisan letter urging Trump administration to secure release of political prisoners in Azerbaijan.
“There are more than 300 political prisoners in Azerbaijan, and the repression of independent journalists, opposition leaders, and civil society advocates continues throughout the country.”
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Reintroduced bill to ban toxic substances in plastic bottles and address plastic pollution.
“Big companies are producing more toxic chemicals, dyes, and non-recycled plastic than ever, prioritizing profits over Americans’ health and welfare. Our communities are left to clean up their toxic mess, an especially heavy burden for rural and lower income communities already overburdened by pollution”
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Urged Trump to negotiate AI guardrails and development pause with China.
“AI technology is too powerful, and its risks too many, for the U.S. and China to forgo discussions on parameters around its development and use. What our two countries develop as guardrails will serve as a standard for how the technology is used worldwide.”
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Mr. President, this war in Iran absolutely, immediately must end, and it will only end if the person who started it with the unilateral decision to go to war decides to end the war. We in the Senate have voted numerous times to end this war. We can't do it unless we get votes from the other side of…
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Madam President, it is with great pride today that I celebrate Katherine Boise, an American patriot whose tireless dedication to the health and welfare of Vermont's children and families is immeasurable. As a Post-Permanency Service Provider at Lund Adoption Agency for over 14 years, Katherine has…
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Introduced bill exempting affordable housing development grants from federal income tax.
“The nationwide housing crisis has been absolutely brutal on Vermont’s rural communities, making it harder than ever for folks to afford a home.”
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Welch on Iran War: “It’s time for us to say, end this war. End this war now.”
Criticized U.S. war with Iran as unilateral decision by Trump and Netanyahu.
“Arrogance is not a substitute for good judgment. Arrogance is not an expression of toughness and resolve. It’s time to end this war.”
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Madam President, in the midst of all the chaos and cruelty inflicted by the White House on the American people and around the world, I suspect not many Americans are aware that we are also carrying out an illegal blockade against Cuba, a country the size of Tennessee that poses no threat to the…
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Discussed challenges facing rural America and policy solutions for rural communities.
“There are certain things that every American needs, but where the stress is even more intense in rural America. We should have a health care system in this country, rural or urban, where everybody has access to health care. We pay two times as much for health care as any other major industrial country and get less.”
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Introduced proposal to establish Federal Digital Commission to regulate frontier AI models and social media.
“Americans in Vermont and across the country are freaked out by the warnings of AI researchers, and I’m right there with them. It’s clear we can’t leave it to AI companies to self-regulate—just like we don’t let drug companies, or Wall Street, or Big Oil self-regulate.”
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Orlando Letelier and Ronni Karpen Moffitt
Madam President, 50 years ago yesterday, on September 21, 1976, Chile's former ambassador to the United States Orlando Letelier and his colleague Ronni Karpen Moffitt were murdered by a car bomb placed by agents of the Chilean secret police. Every year on the anniversary of that horrendous crime,…
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Criticized U.S. blockade against Cuba as illegal and harmful to Cuban people.
“The containers stranded in various ports include humanitarian aid, from solar panels to medication to colostomy bags. Dozens of containers of aid purchased by different United Nations agencies are among them. U.S.”
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Introduced bicameral bill to create USDA grant program for free meals to low-income college students.
“Students from underserved communities face enough challenges in higher education without the added burden of wondering where their next meal is coming from. We should do all we can to provide the resources necessary to give a helping hand to students facing food insecurity on campus”
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Welch Hosts 2026 Women’s Economic Opportunity Conference
Hosted Women's Economic Opportunity Conference with workshops on business skills.
“In really hard times we have to remember that we have agency, that we can act and that we change things for the better. Just five short decades ago, Gloria Steinem was ridiculed for talking about equal pay and reproductive freedom.”
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Visited ICE detainees at Vermont correctional facility and criticized Trump's mass deportation agenda.
“So I’m going to continue to fight against this rampant, mass roundup of people. It makes no sense. We need an immigration policy that is fair and humane.”
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Mr. President, the Third Review Conference of States Parties to the Convention on Cluster Munitions is underway in Laos, a country where millions of U.S. cluster munitions from the Vietnam war continue to maim and kill civilians. Large areas of provinces bordering Vietnam remain contaminated with…
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Demanded answers on DHS $464 million no-bid contract to Trump-allied company for aircraft.
“Recent reporting reveals that, beginning in the fall of 2025, DHS pursued and eventually awarded a no-bid contract to purchase 10 aircraft, including three ‘luxury business jets’ and seven ‘Boeing 737 passenger jets,’ and that most of these aircraft have sat idle for months since DHS acquired them.”
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Welch Hosts ‘Common Grounds with Senator Welch’ Listening Session in Essex County
Hosted listening session with Vermont constituents on governance and national issues.
“The world we’re in is completely different than the world we grew up in and that we inhabited only five or ten years ago. You know, we all have political points of view on health care, on the environment, on poverty, on education—and we debate those.”
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MEDIA ADVISORY: Senator Welch to Discuss Farm Bill with Organic Farmers
Announced farm tour to discuss Farm Bill improvements for Vermont organic farmers.
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Announced event with Vermont businesses and farmers to oppose Trump's Canada tariffs.
“Nobody wins a trade war. President Trump is on an economic rampage, and his policies are destructive on both sides of the border”
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