SitemapMain MenuOther Menu- 04.20.07 - JOINT RELEASE - Vermont Delegation Statement on Impeachment.
- 04.20.07 - Welch successful in amending bill to modernize over 20 year-old Army Corps review process.
- 04.23.07 - OP-ED - A Tale of Two Wars.
- 04.24.07 - JOINT RELEASE - Vermont Delegation Wins Another Key Victory In The Effort To Extend And Expand MILC Program.
- 04.25.07 - Welch urges subpoena of Secretary of State Rice.
- 04.26.07 - JOINT RELEASE - Vermont Congressional Delegation Hits President's Threatened Veto of Iraq Withdrawal Timetable.
- 06.11.08 - Welch introduces legislation to crack down on excessive merchant credit card fees.
- 07.11.08 - Welch calls on President Bush to release oil from SPR to address fuel cost emergency.
- 1.10.07 - Welch appointed to serve on second committee.
- 1.10.07 - Welch embraces raising the minimum wage on House floor.
- 1.10.07 - Welch opposes President Bush on troop escalation.
- 1.12.07 - Welch calls for Medicare Part D reform, ending special interest hand-out.
- 1.14.08 - Welch website wins service award.
- 1.16.07 - Joint Statement Of The Vermont Congressional Delegation On Verizon's Proposed Sale Of Its Vermont Landlines.
- 1.16.08 - JOINT RELEASE - Delegation announces $3.9 million for Vermont home heating assistance.
- 1.16.08 - Welch supports opportunities for veteran-owned businesses.
- 1.18.07 - Welch backs Act ending oil subsidies to fund renewable energy.
- 1.19.07 - Op-Ed by Rep. Welch - Taking America in a New Direction in Our First 100 Hours.
- 1.19.07 - Welch backs legislation calling for troop redeployment, roadblock to war escalation.
- 1.2.08 - Welch announces $235,000 in federal funding for Windham County's Big Brothers Big Sisters program.
- 1.23.07 - Congress will lead where President has failed, says Welch.
- 1.24.07 - Vermont Delegation Urges Resolution Between COTS Board and Employees.
- 1.24.08 - OP-ED - Economic opportunity should top Congressional agenda.
- 1.24.08 - Welch slams DHS decision to end ‘oral declarations’ at Northern border.
- 1.25.07 - Vermont Delegation Calls on Specialty Filaments to Explain Failure to Give Workers Notice.
- 1.28.08 - Welch responds to President Bush’s “State of the Union” address.
- 1.30.07 - Statement from Rep. Welch: Political Interference With Global Warming Science.
- 1.30.07 - Welch questions Bush Administration interference in global warming science.
- 1.31.07 - Reaction Of Sen. Patrick Leahy, Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Peter Welch To The Bush Administration's Dairy Proposals For The 2007 Farm Bill.
- 1.4.07 - 110th Congress Takes Office: House of Representatives Assemble on Capitol Hill.
- 1.4.07 - Vermont Delegation Offers Bill To Name GMNF's White Rocks National Recreation Area In Honor Of The Late Senator Robert Stafford.
- 1.4.07 - Welch sworn in, casts first votes for new Speaker.
- 1.5.07 - Bill Honoring Late Senator Stafford Clears House, Goes To President.
- 1.5.07 - Welch delivers first floor speech on civility.
- 1.6.08 - Welch to make congressional trip to Iraq, Middle East.
- 10.10.07 - Landmark affordable housing bill passes with small state minimum, adopts Vt.’s successful model.
- 10.11.2007 - Welch leads House effort against U.S. sanctioned torture.
- 10.14.07 - JOINT RELEASE - Reps. Welch, Murphy, and Duncan demand answers on Blackwater on profits, role in Iraq and Afghanistan.
- 10.15.07 - Oversight report reveals high costs of Medicare Part D drug program.
- 10.16.07 - Welch slams Bush administration for obstructing oversight, House approves measure on abuse of classification process.
- 10.16.07 - Welch supports, House passes press shield law.
- 10.18.07 - President’s misguided veto of children’s health care holds.
- 10.25.07 - House passes revised SCHIP bill.
- 10.3.07 - JOINT RELEASE - Vt. Delegation REAX to President Bush’s Veto of SCHIP.
- 10.3.08 - Welch statement on economic rescue legislation.
- 10.4.07 - Welch-sponsored northern border economic development bill clears House.
- 11.1.07 - Welch bill shuts ‘Enron Loophole’ inflating heating fuel bills.
- 11.14.07 - House passes bill requiring troop withdrawal to begin in 30 days.
- 11.15.07 - Welch supports House-passed bill prohibiting warrentless surveillance.
- 11.18.08 - OMB implements Welch contractor fraud law.
- 11.24.08 - JOINT RELEASE - Vermont delegation seeks to stimulate economy with transportation waiver.
- 11.26.07 - Welch: Be safe; Buy Vermont gifts this holiday season.
- 11.29.07 - Welch aims to ease middle class squeeze.
- 11.6.07 - House deals Bush first veto override.
- 11.8.07 - Congress deals Bush first veto override.
- 11.8.07 - JOINT RELEASE - Leahy, Sanders And Welch Slam Bush Administration For Targeting MILC Program In White House’s New Veto Threat To The Farm Bill.
- 11.9.07 - House bill saves 42,000 Vermont families from imminent tax increase; includes Welch bills closing tax loopholes.
- 12.10.08 - JOINT RELEASE - Vermont delegation introduces bill to waive state transportation match requirement.
- 12.10.08 - Welch votes for auto rescue bill.
- 12.13.07 - Welch announces staff promotions, new hires.
- 12.14.07 - JOINT RELEASE - Vermont Delegation Secures King Monument Pledge.
- 12.17.07 - JOINT RELEASE - Leahy, Welch lead congressional efforts to pass compact.
- 12.17.07 - Welch helps Vermonters access unclaimed tax refunds.
- 12.18.07 - Congress passes energy bill with historic auto standards increase.
- 12.18.08 - Welch and Bixby call for fiscal discipline at Vermont Business Roundtable forum.
- 12.21.07 - Welch nominates 22 students for service academies.
- 12.22.08 - Welch calls on bank executives to skip bonuses, bypass Bush administration loophole.
- 12.4.07 - JOINT RELEASE - Sanders, Leahy, Welch Propose $1 Billion for Home Heating Aid.
- 12.6.07 - Welch hails passage of historic energy bill.
- 2.11.08 - JOINT RELEASE - Cong. Delegation announces funding for White River VA expansion.
- 2.11.08 - Welch announces $282,000 for drug prevention and law enforcement in Barre, region.
- 2.12.08 - In the aftermath of Walter Reed, Welch-requested GAO reports assess care for veterans and National Guard.
- 2.13.07 - Welch delivers statement on ending Iraq War.
- 2.14.08 - Welch votes to hold Bush administration officials in contempt.
- 2.16.07 - House vote a 'clear and bipartisan vote of no confidence' in President's Iraq policy, says Welch.
- 2.16.07 - Welch supports small business tax relief bill.
- 2.19.08 - Welch offers proposal to cut gas prices.
- 2.20.08 - JOINT RELEASE - IRS backs down on rule change that would have harmed Vermont's captive insurance industry.
- 2.21.07 - Welch calls for investigation of Walter Reed outpatient care.
- 2.21.08 - Welch seeks to protect consumers from predatory credit card practices.
- 2.22.08 - JOINT RELEASE - Delegation announces $1.3 million for Vermont home heating assistance.
- 2.24.07 - Vermont Field Hearing Set For March 12 As Congress Gears Up To Write The Next Farm Bill.
- 2.26.07 - Welch visits Colchester veterans' clinic, announces Oversight hearing of Walter Reed.
- 2.27.08 - Welch supports, House passes end to tax breaks for big oil, funds renewables.
- 2.28.08 - Welch takes Vermont voices to budget hearing.
- 2.5.07 - Bush budget misguided, fiscally reckless, and continues failed Iraq policy.
- 2.5.07 - Welch announces 'carbon neutral' congressional office.
- 2.6.07 - Welch questions Bremer on mismanagement of Iraq reconstruction.
- 2.7.08 - Welch fights to improve college affordability with amendment to House bill.
- 26th Annual Congressional Art Competition.
- 3.1.07 - Welch continues effort to assure veteran care, 43 freshman join call for GAO assessment, co-sponsors Wounded Warriors Act.
- 3.12.07 - Delegation Urges FEMA to Prepare for.
- 3.12.07 - Welch joins delegation in fight for pro-Vermont Farm Bill.
- 3.12.08 - Welch scores 100 percent on middle class legislation.
- 3.19.07 - As war enters fifth year, Welch says Bush's failed Iraq policy must be challenged.
- 3.19.07 - Welch seeks to advance carbon neutrality legislation.
- 3.20.07 - Welch encourages restoring local EPA funding from Bush cuts.
- 3.20.08 - Waxman, Towns & Welch open investigation into overseas contract fraud loophole.
- 3.23.07 - House votes to impose date certain to end Iraq war.
- 3.24.08 - At Leahy-led hearing, Welch calls for federal support to combat rural crime.
- 3.26.07 - Welch to make congressional trip to Iraq and Afghanistan.
- 3.27.08 - Leahy, Welch announce CLEAN Grant program for Vt. colleges.
- 3.28.07 - GAO accepts Welch-led effort to investigate preparations for returning veteran care.
- 3.28.07 - Welch veterans amendment passes House.
- 3.3.08 - Welch discusses state’s nursing shortage, announces $341,000 for Norwich program.
- 3.6.08 - Welch leads on bill to overturn EPA decision on Calif. auto standards waiver.
- 3.7.08 - Welch calls for full investigation into Bush admin. proposal on overseas contracting.
- 4.11.08 - Welch joins local officials to announce $500,000 for Bennington transportation improvements.
- 4.13.07 - On the Passing of Dear Friend.
- 4.14.07 - Welch proud of Vermont’s role in national Step It Up activism.
- 4.14.08 - Abusive practices by credit card companies must be stopped.
- 4.14.08 - Bush administration plans to close fraud loophole in response to Welch-initiated investigation.
- 4.15.08 - Administration, contractor lobby testify in Welch-led fraud investigation.
- 4.19.07 - Welch briefs Bush at White House, says “We must end this war”.
- 4.2.07 - Welch kicks off energy tour.
- 4.2.07 - Welch reacts to Supreme Court ruling on C02.
- 4.22.08 - For Earth Day, Welch pledges to continue fighting for new energy policy.
- 4.23.07 - PELOSI RELEASE - Congressman Welch Leads the Way in ‘Greening’ the Capitol.
- 4.23.08 - Welch contractor fraud bill passes House.
- 4.23.08 - Welch contractor fraud bill passes House.
- 4.25.07 - JOINT RELEASE - Vermont Disaster Declaration Request: Vt. Delegation's Letter to President Bush.
- 4.28.08 - Pelosi calls on Bush to end shipments to oil reserve, bolstering Welch-led gas prices initiative.
- 4.29.08 - Welch calls Bush ‘out of touch’ on gas prices.
- 4.3.07 - Welch appointed to Canada-United States Inter-Parliamentary Group.
- 4.30.07 - Welch announces new veterans legislation at roundtable with vets, Adj. Gen. Dubie.
- 4.7.08 - JOINT RELEASE - EPA Grants $1 Million for Vermont Cleanup.
- 4.7.08 - Welch drops bill to close overseas contract fraud loophole, hearing scheduled.
- 4.8.08 - Vermont Congressional delegation objects to General Petraeus’ call for open-ended U.S. role in Iraq.
- 4.9.08 - Markey, Emanuel, Welch to president on oil: make it stop.
- 5.1.07 - Welch responds to President's veto.
- 5.11.07 - Welch amends small business bill to support ‘green’ business.
- 5.12.08 - Welch will introduce legislation to crack down on excessive credit card fees.
- 5.12.08 - Welch will introduce legislation to crack down on excessive credit card fees.
- 5.13.08 - House poised to vote on Welch bill to lower fuel prices.
- 5.13.08 - Welch's bill to reduce fuel prices passes House.
- 5.13.08 - Welch’s bill to reduce fuel prices passes House.
- 5.14.07 - JOINT RELEASE - EPA Grants $1.3 Million for Vermont Cleanup.
- 5.15.08 - JOINT RELEASE - By veto-proof margins, Congress sends to president a farm bill that will renew and expand the MILC safety net for dairy farmers.
- 5.15.08 - Welch adds Vermont flavor to ’08 Farm Bill.
- 5.15.08 - Welch gas prices bill sent to president; Vt. Congressman urges signature.
- 5.16.08 - Department of Energy will suspend filling oil reserve following passage of Welch-led bill.
- 5.2.08 - JOINT RELEASE - Vermont delegation wins MILC program extension in Farm Bill negotiations.
- 5.20.08 - Welch reacts to new evidence of political interference in EPA auto waiver decision.
- 5.21.07 - Joined by state troopers and police chief in Barre, Welch announces support for local law enforcement.
- 5.21.08 - Welch lauds House override of Bush Farm Bill veto.
- 5.21.08 - Welch votes to expand tax incentives for renewable energy.
- 5.22.08 - ‘Got MILC’ Across The Finish Line.
- 5.23.07 - Welch statement opposing Iraq war funding in supplemental.
- 5.24.07 - JOINT RELEASE - Vermont Dairy Farmers Win Key Proviso For Extending and Expanding MILC Program.
- 5.24.07 - Welch legislation to improve rural veteran care passes House.
- 5.3.07 - Welch amends Head Start Act, improving rural early childhood development services.
- 5.30.07 - Colorado Rep joins Welch by becoming carbon neutral.
- 5.8.07 - Welch advocates for legislation to address rising gas prices.
- 5.8.08 - Welch supports House-passed legislation to ease housing crisis.
- 6.11.07 - Rep. Welch and Rep. Hodes Introduce Bill to Fund Conservation Efforts in the Upper Connecticut River Valley.
- 6.15.07 - Welch rallies congressional effort to block federal preemption on auto emissions.
- 6.19.08 - House committee hears testimony on Welch bill to assist veterans with employment after military service.
- 6.19.08 - Welch to vote against FISA compromise.
- 6.20.07 - Barre City and Addison Rutland Supervisory Union awarded nearly $2M to improve teaching of American history.
- 6.20.07 - Welch takes aim at billion dollar tax loophole.
- 6.21.07 - Welch joins Pelosi, congressional leaders to announce carbon neutral U.S. Capitol.
- 6.21.07 - Welch testifies on Guard benefits bill he authored; Adj. Gen. Dubie says, “it is only fair”.
- 6.24.08 - Welch supports, House passes bill cracking down on gas price gouging.
- 6.26.08 - Welch supports and House passes anti-speculation bill; Welch amends transit bill to help green bus fleets.
- 6.29.07 - House passes funding to support active duty and veteran Vt. business owners.
- 6.30.08 - Welch government contracting initiatives signed into law.
- 6.5.07 - Cong. Delegation Lauds Vt's Energy Efficiency Programs Earning State Top Ranking in National Report.
- 6.5.08 - Local school construction aid passes House, Welch amendment allows funding for investment in renewable energy systems.
- 6.6.07 - Welch, Wilson introduce bill to fight homelessness.
- 6.7.07 - Welch opposed to federal preemption on emissions.
- 7.11.07 - Welch backs passage of largest student aid increase since 1944 GI Bill, no new cost to taxpayers.
- 7.12.07 - ‘President must be forced to change course,’ says Welch before major Iraq vote.
- 7.15.08 - Welch joins House in veto override, prevents devastating Medicare cut.
- 7.17.07 - House passes reform to alleviate passport backlogs.
- 7.17.07 - Welch says VA Secretary’s resignation an opportunity to recommit to nation’s veterans.
- 7.19.07 - House passes Welch amendment saving Vermonters millions in health care costs.
- 7.2.07 - Statement of Rep. Peter Welch on Pres. Bush's decision to commute "Scooter" Libby's prison sentence.
- 7.20.07 - Welch secures funding to expand Norwich nursing program by fifty-percent.
- 7.21.08 - Welch announces funding for Springfield’s Southern Vermont Health and Recreation Center.
- 7.23.07 - Welch says Tuesday’s minimum wage hike a reflection of new priorities, progress.
- 7.23.08 - Welch backs bill to fund affordable housing, address mortgage crisis.
- 7.23.08 - Welch backs bill to fund Vermont transportation needs.
- 7.24.07 - Helping a new generation of Vermonters afford a college education.
- 7.27.07 - Farm Bill makes long-overdue progress, preserves MILC, begins necessary reform says Welch.
- 7.28.08 - EDITORIAL - Our mission for a new energy future.
- 7.30.07 - Welch supports House Veterans Health Care Improvement Act.
- 7.30.08 - Anti-speculation bill blocked in House.
- 7.30.08 - President signs housing bill with Welch-led small state minimum.
- 7.31.08 - Welch provision on college affordability bill clears House.
- 7.31.08 - Welch renews call to use oil profits to fund heating assistance.
- 7.9.07 - Welch cites farm-to-school programs as valuable support for family farms.
- 8.1.07 - Welch supports health care expansion to millions of low-income children, prevents cut in fees for Vt physicians, expands Medicare services for seniors.
- 8.1.08 - Welch’s veterans employment bill passes House.
- 8.18.08 - JOINT RELEASE - Vermont Delegation Hails Plan To Open New Rural Health Resource Center At The White River Junction VA Hospital.
- 8.21.07 - Welch calls Bush effort cut to children’s health care ‘morally misguided’.
- 8.23.07 - JOINT RELEASE - Cong. Delegation Requests Thorough Investigation Into Vermont Yankee Cooling Tower Collapse.
- 8.26.08 - Grassley, Welch announce college endowment roundtable.
- 8.27.07 - Gonzales resignation demonstrates accountability produced by congressional oversight.
- 8.27.07 - Welch backs greatest commitment to college affordability since 1944 GI Bill.
- 8.29.07 - JOINT RELEASE - Vermont delegation asks Bush Administration to revisit decision that prevents full implementation of Catamount Health Care program.
- 8.4.07 - Welch secures carbon offset victory in House energy bill.
- 8.6.07 - Children, senior, and physician reps join Welch to highlight health care expansion.
- 8.6.08 - JOINT RELEASE - Cong. Delegation Asks President for Federal Disaster Assistance for Storm Damage.
- 8.7.08 - Welch demands answers in abuse of tax code to fund executive benefits.
- 9.10.07 - Welch responds to Petraeus testimony, military solution will not solve Iraq’s civil war.
- 9.10.08 - Welch bill protecting Missisquoi and Trout Rivers passes House.
- 9.11.08 - Bill funding Vermont transportation needs clears House, sent to President.
- 9.12.07 - Welch advocates for federal affordable housing support.
- 9.13.07 - JOINT RELEASE - Cong. Delegation Responds to President Bush’s ‘Stay the course’ Strategy in Iraq.
- 9.13.07 - JOINT RELEASE - Rutland Air Service Maintained As USDOT Grants Cape Air Two-Year Contract Under The Federal Essential Air Service Program.
- 9.16.08 - Welch introduces bill to prevent ousted Fannie and Freddie CEOs from receiving ‘golden parachute’ payments.
- 9.16.08 - Welch statement on comprehensive energy bill, funds renewables and rolls back tax breaks for big oil.
- 9.17.08 - Vermont To Receive $2.4 Million More For Home Heating Relief.
- 9.18.08 - Oil speculation bill passes House.
- 9.19.08 - Welch to hold a Monday press conference on economic instability.
- 9.20.07 - JOINT RELEASE - Cong. Delegation Blasts President Bush’s Veto Threat of SCHIP.
- 9.20.07 - Welch leads congressional effort on auto standards, citing guidance of Vermont court case.
- 9.21.07 - Welch takes on veteran homelessness.
- 9.22.08 - LIHEAP Remains In The Mix As Congressional Session Winds Down.
- 9.22.08 - Welch says any Wall Street bailout must first protect middle class.
- 9.23.08 - Welch-supported bill to protect consumers from predatory credit card practices passes House.
- 9.23.08 – Watch Congressman Welch address the financial crisis.
- 9.24.07 - House passes legislation to establish Champlain Quadricentennial Commission.
- 9.24.08 - JOINT STATEMENT - Major Victory on Home Energy Assistance Clears House.
- 9.25.07 - VT. Delegation Announces VERMONT BREAKTHROUGHS For Children's Health Insurance In SCHIP Bill.
- 9.26.07 - Vermont Delegation Announces Heating Assistance.
- 9.26.08 - Welch supports, House passes economic stimulus.
- 9.26.08 - Welch votes to expand tax incentives for renewable energy.
- 9.27.07 - Landmark college affordability bill with $61 million for Vermonters becomes law.
- 9.27.07 - Trio of Welch amendments pass the House.
- 9.29.08 - Welch votes against Wall Street bailout.
- 9.4.07 - Statement on Green Chemistry Research and Development Act of 2007.
- 9.4.07 - Welch says Bush veto threats over veterans funding is shameless.
- 9.4.08 - College Endowment Roundtable Information.
- 9.4.08 - Grassley, Welch release participant list for Monday’s college endowment roundtable.
- 9.5.07 - Welch reacts to GAO Iraq report.
- 9.6.07 - Welch introduces nuclear power plant safety bill, calls for independent safety assessments.
- 9.7.07 - Congress passes landmark college affordability bill with $61 million for Vermonters.
- 9.8.08 - Grassley, Welch host college endowment roundtable, webcast available.
- 9.8.08 - JOINT RELEASE - Vermont Congressional Delegation Secures Over $3 Million For CCTA.
- 9.8.08 - Welch opening statement from college endowment roundtable with Sen. Grassley.
- AUDIO OF INTERVIEW ON CCTV.
- Honoring Vermont's Fire Fighters.
- New Web Video, "Stop Fraud".
- Presidential Inauguration ticket information.
- Vermont gives Christmas Tree to Capitol.
- VIDEO - Congressman Welch questions Secretary Rice.
- Welch to host Telephone Town Hall meeting on energy Tuesday.
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