---
type: Person
title: "Peter Welch"
description: "U.S. Senate - VT — State of Vermont"
role: "U.S. Senate - VT"
party: "D"
level: "federal"
branch: "legislative"
state: "VT"
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  - name: "Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry - Livestock, Dairy, Poultry, and Food Safety"
    role: "member"
    body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/agriculture-nutrition-and-forestry/subcommittees/livestock-dairy-poultry-and-food-safety"
  - name: "Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry - Rural Development, Energy, and Credit"
    role: "ranking-member"
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  - name: "Senate Committee on Finance"
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  - name: "Senate Committee on Finance - Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure"
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  - name: "Senate Committee on Finance - Health Care"
    role: "member"
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  - name: "Senate Committee on Rules and Administration"
    role: "member"
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  - name: "Senate Committee on the Judiciary"
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  - name: "Senate Committee on the Judiciary - Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights"
    role: "member"
    body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/the-judiciary/subcommittees/antitrust-competition-policy-and-consumer-rights"
  - name: "Senate Committee on the Judiciary - Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights"
    role: "member"
    body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/the-judiciary/subcommittees/federal-courts-oversight-agency-action-and-federal-rights"
  - name: "Senate Committee on the Judiciary - Intellectual Property"
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  - name: "Senate Committee on the Judiciary - the Constitution"
    role: "ranking-member"
    body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/the-judiciary/subcommittees/the-constitution"
tenure:
  start: "2025-01-03"
  current: true
election:
  next: 2028
  term_length: 6
  term_limit: "none"
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confidence: official
tags: [officeholder, federal, legislative, vt]
timestamp: "2026-07-04"
---

# Peter Welch

Current U.S. Senate - VT (State of Vermont).

## Committees

- [Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry](/us/bodies/senate/committees/agriculture-nutrition-and-forestry.md)
- [Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry - Conservation, Forestry, Natural Resources, and Biotechnology](/us/bodies/senate/committees/agriculture-nutrition-and-forestry/subcommittees/conservation-forestry-natural-resources-and-biotechnology.md)
- [Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry - Livestock, Dairy, Poultry, and Food Safety](/us/bodies/senate/committees/agriculture-nutrition-and-forestry/subcommittees/livestock-dairy-poultry-and-food-safety.md)
- [Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry - Rural Development, Energy, and Credit](/us/bodies/senate/committees/agriculture-nutrition-and-forestry/subcommittees/rural-development-energy-and-credit.md) — **ranking-member**
- [Senate Committee on Finance](/us/bodies/senate/committees/finance.md)
- [Senate Committee on Finance - Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure](/us/bodies/senate/committees/finance/subcommittees/energy-natural-resources-and-infrastructure.md)
- [Senate Committee on Finance - Health Care](/us/bodies/senate/committees/finance/subcommittees/health-care.md)
- [Senate Committee on Rules and Administration](/us/bodies/senate/committees/rules-and-administration.md)
- [Senate Committee on the Judiciary](/us/bodies/senate/committees/the-judiciary.md)
- [Senate Committee on the Judiciary - Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights](/us/bodies/senate/committees/the-judiciary/subcommittees/antitrust-competition-policy-and-consumer-rights.md)
- [Senate Committee on the Judiciary - Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights](/us/bodies/senate/committees/the-judiciary/subcommittees/federal-courts-oversight-agency-action-and-federal-rights.md)
- [Senate Committee on the Judiciary - Intellectual Property](/us/bodies/senate/committees/the-judiciary/subcommittees/intellectual-property.md)
- [Senate Committee on the Judiciary - the Constitution](/us/bodies/senate/committees/the-judiciary/subcommittees/the-constitution.md) — **ranking-member**

## Sources

- tenure: Senate.gov XML 2026-06-20
- jurisdiction: Derived from governor jurisdiction
- roles: congress-legislators (unitedstates project)

Generated from the Atlas officeholders v3 export (2026-07-04).