Peter Welch

Well, no one -- no previous president has ever done what he did. I mean, he basically stole documents -- and I say stole -- that are top secret. And no private citizen has authorization to do that. So it’s illegal.

One of the biggest challenges in Congress is that we have finally been effective in doing things that will make a difference for the American people. And people want us to be effective. We have had to do that against the fight- for-failure…

But the bottom line, a democracy is about majority rule and respect for minority rights. And we don’t have that right now.

President Biden is not speaking to the MAGA Republicans, including the 100 or so Republican nominees for everything from secretary of state to the United States Senate who deny that he’s the president of the United States. He’s speaking to…

President Trump has promoted the big lie, and this is all part of it.

This democracy that we have depends on the peaceful transfer of power, the acceptance of the decision of the American people about who they want to be their president.

That just doesn’t happen. It’s never happened. Whether it’s been a Republican Party or a Democrat Party.

Trump did something that appears to be blatantly illegal. And he is now trying to delay as he usually does.

If you are had secret documents in our home, we wouldn’t be discussing the contents of the documents, we’d be wondering how long we’re going to spend in jail. This is serious.

Don't we need a society where we can expect our law enforcement folks to be reliable enforcers?

The marketing that is being done is much like Joe Camel.

Things have changed deeply in Vermont.

It is the AR-15 that is the weapon of choice.

This is the first time in our history where we have had a court take away an individual right.

I think we should all be concerned about that division.

What we had since Roe was an opportunity for people to make their own decisions and not impose their decision on someone whose decision was different.

It was fear. It was fear. And it was fear about what this meant for a woman's right to make her decision about her own reproductive choices.

In Vermont, we have a constitutional amendment that we we'll be voting on that would enshrine the right of a woman to make her decision about reproductive choice.

The opioid crisis continues to inflict devastating consequences on the health and well-being of people in this country.

This legislation was introduced by Congressman Peter Welch in the House, and Senator Catherine Cortez-Masto in the Senate.

I am a co-sponsor of Medicare for All as well, and the incredible challenge we have with healthcare, as many of my colleagues have said, it is too expensive.

I think we are unified here about our opposition to Russian aggression, and it is pretty clear they are willing to do it.

We have got to ensure that folks who are involved in fossil fuel industries... are able to transition to good-paying jobs.

Any time that one of our citizens has a job, we have to take that very seriously.

Fossil fuels have been with us for a long time... it concealed that information and... advocated for, in effect, fake science.