WASHINGTON, March 20 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Baldwin, Welch Announce Forum on Devastating Trump Cuts at NIH Jeopardizing Cures for Alzheimer's Disease, Cancers "Cures in Crisis: What Gutting NIH Research Means for Americans with Cancer, Alzheimer's, & Other Diseases" will spotlight patients, universities, and researchers impacted by cuts WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Peter Welch (D-VT) announced that on Wedn  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley, Wyden: Bipartisan Deliver for Democracy Act Will Help Get Crucial Local News into the Hands of Oregonians Washington, D.C. - Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden joined Vermont's U.S. Senator Peter Welch and South Dakota's U.S. Senator Mike Rounds to reintroduce the bipartisan, bicameral Deliver for Democracy Act. This legislation would incentivize reliable service from the U.S.  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley, Wyden: Bipartisan Deliver for Democracy Act Will Help Get Crucial Local News into the Hands of Oregonians Washington, D.C. - Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden joined Vermont's U.S. Senator Peter Welch and South Dakota's U.S. Senator Mike Rounds to reintroduce the bipartisan, bicameral Deliver for Democracy Act. This legislation would incentivize reliable service from the U.S. Po  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * NEWS: Sanders Announces Winners of Fifteenth Annual State of the Union Essay Contest for Vermont Students Sanders will host the finalists at the Vermont State House on March 29 for a roundtable discussion about their essays *** Original text here: https://www.sanders.senate.gov/press-releases/news-sanders-announces-winners-of-fifteenth-annual-state-of-the-union-essay-contest-for-vermont-student  more

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * NEWS: Sanders, 37 Colleagues to Education Secretary: "We Will Not Stand By as You Attempt to Turn Back the Clock on Education in this Country" WASHINGTON, March 17 - As the Trump administration and Elon Musk attack public education in America by closing offices and laying off 1,300 workers at the Department of Education, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, ranking minority member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news: * * * Sanders, 37 Colleagues to Education Secretary: "We Will Not Stand By as You Attempt to Turn Back the Clock on Education in this Country" WASHINGTON, March 17 - As the Trump administration and Elon Musk attack public education in America by closing offices and laying off 1,300 workers at the Department of Education, Sen.  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch Convenes International Business Leaders near Northern Border to Discuss Impacts of Trump's Trade War Welch: "I'm very disturbed about what is happening...how it's affecting our families here in Vermont, how it's affecting our businesses here in Vermont, and how it's affecting the mutual cooperation that we had the blessing of enjoying for generations -- between us and Canada. I am opposed to ta  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch Discusses Attacks on Medicaid & Bipartisan Bill to Support Rural Access to Care in Brattleboro BRATTLEBORO, VT - On Wednesday, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, toured the Brattleboro Memorial Hospital, where he discussed his new bipartisan bill to support rural health care providers, the Rural Hospital Support Act, and the impact of President Trump's a  more

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch Joins Padilla, Booker, Durbin in Issuing Statement on Trump Invoking the Alien Enemies Act to Target Immigrants Without Due Process WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.) joined Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, in issuing the following statement after President Trump invoked   more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch Leads Colleagues in Demanding Answers from State and DHS About Arrest and Detainment of Mahmoud Khalil Senators: "Attempts by the government to punish an individual simply for espousing political views it disagrees with are wrong and unconstitutional." WASHINGTON, D.C. --Today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee   more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch Statement on Trump's Executive Order to Dismantle Education Department WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today released the following statement on President Trump's unconstitutional Executive Order to eliminate the Department of Education, which would require an act of Congress: "Donald Trump is pulling the rug out from underneath a critical element of our education system.   more