Welch on Trump’s Chaotic and Cruel Second Term: “The law matters. Respect for your opponents matters. And focusing on the everyday needs of everyday people is what matters most.”

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) took to the Senate floor to speak on President Trump’s exaggerated claims of winning the 2024 election by a ‘landside,’ and called on the Trump Administration to focus not on political retribution and his agenda of ‘overreach and failure,’ but on the issues that matter to everyday Americans. “As long as President Trump and his allies pretend that he has this massive mandate to literally disrupt and throw out the traditions and norms and guardrails of democracy, that is something I and so many of my colleagues will resist. We can’t do that. The law matters. Respect for your opponents matters. And focusing on the everyday needs of everyday people is what matters most. It’s what is the goal all of us should be looking to accomplish,” said Sen. Welch . Watch Senator Welch’s speech below : Read the Senator’s remarks as delivered here . Senator Welch’s Committee and Subcommittee Assignments for the 119 th Congress include: Senate Committee on Finance Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Rural Development, Energy, and Credit Senate Committee on the Judiciary Ranking Member, Subcommittee on the Constitution Senate Committee on Rules & Administration ###