Watch Congressman Welch's new web video, "Stop Fraud," about the Contractor Fraud Loophole. 

Congressman Welch has introduced legislation to close this loophole, H.R. 5712.  For more information about this loophole and Congressman Welch's work in Congress to close it, click here.

Washington, DC - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi late last week called on President Bush to suspend shipments to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), an initiative Rep. Peter Welch (VT-AL) is leading in the U.S. House to lower prices at the gas pump.

Washington, DC - Legislation introduced by Rep. Peter Welch (VT-AL) less than three weeks ago to close a multibillion-dollar loophole passed the U.S. House this afternoon.

Washington, DC - Rep. Peter Welch released the following statement marking today's celebration of Earth Day:

"For the last 38 years, Earth Day has provided a time to focus on how we can be better stewards of our environment. Looking back, we can be proud that through leadership and innovation we successfully tackled some of our most vexing environmental challenges- from vast ozone depletion to toxic rivers. Yet the challenges we face today are some of the greatest we have ever faced.