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U.S. Senator · Vermont
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Congressional service
119th Congress · Senate
Vermont · 2025–Present
118th Congress · Senate
Vermont · 2023–2025
117th Congress · House
Vermont · 2021–2023
116th Congress · House
Vermont · 2019–2021
115th Congress · House
Vermont · 2017–2019
114th Congress · House
Vermont · 2015–2017
113th Congress · House
Vermont · 2013–2015
112th Congress · House
Vermont · 2011–2013
111th Congress · House
Vermont · 2009–2011
110th Congress · House
Vermont · 2007–2009
Official Biography
Senator Peter Welch has spent his life working to improve the lives of folks who too often get left behind. Peter was born in Springfield, Massachusetts to Edward and Mary Welch, a dentist and a homemaker. Peter observed from a young age that his father treated folks in the nearby jail the same way he treated the priests and nuns. His mother raised Peter and his siblings while helping keep the books of his father’s business.
Peter attended College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts. Before he finished his degree, Peter left school to hitchhike to Chicago and organize against housing discrimination in 1969. After returning to school and completing his degree, he attended and received his law degree from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1973. After law school, Peter settled in White River Junction, Vermont, becoming one of the county’s first public defenders for low-income folks. He then founded a small law practice, winning high profile cases to restore retirement benefits for workers, protect property rights for the elderly, and more.
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Current Committee Assignments
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Committee on Finance
Committee on Rules and Administration
Committee on the Judiciary
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