Full statement history
Every publicly sourced statement tracked for Peter Welch — 7 counted toward the rhetoric score, plus any procedural entries shown below for completeness (not counted).
Toward Republicans
8.9n=62026-07-28 · Floor speech · congress.gov
Congressional Record remarks
… Russia sanctions bill is urgent. From the first day of Putin's savage attack on Ukraine, no one has been a more stalwart defender of Ukrainian victory than our departed colleague Senator Lindsey Graham. He and Senator Blumenthal had a compelling insight: You hurt Russia by going after the b…
The speaker (Welch, D) names Senator Lindsey Graham, a Republican, and credits him alongside Senator Blumenthal (D) for a specific,…
Link to source ↗2025-11-06 · Floor speech · congress.gov
Congressional Record remarks
…want to address some of the points the chair of the Finance Committee made. First of all, I happen to be in agreement with you that we have a broken healthcare system. No. 2, I am absolutely willing to engage with you and with anyone in this Chamber to add…
Welch is directly responding to the Republican chair of the Finance Committee, engaging substantively with specific policy points (a PBM…
Link to source ↗2025-11-06 · Floor speech · congress.gov
Congressional Record remarks
…o let folks know that the healthcare they had in 2025 they would be able to have in 2026. I would like the President to do what Presidents do and that is get the parties together in a room and negotiate an outcome that works for all of us. Whatever we do in this--this is where I want to agree with both my chairman and ranking m…
Welch's remarks are largely conciliatory: he thanks the committee chairman and ranking member (Sen.
Link to source ↗2025-11-06 · Floor speech · congress.gov
Congressional Record remarks
…g to go without healthcare. That story is being repeated by citizens that you care about, that the chairman from Idaho cares about, and that I certainly care about. I heard directly from Allison Mindel in Vermont. She has a 17-year- old son. He spent 17…
Senator Welch is making a policy-focused appeal to extend ACA premium tax credits, using concrete constituent stories (a farmer's premium increase, a family's medical costs) to argue for the bill.
Link to source ↗2025-11-06 · Floor speech · congress.gov
Congressional Record remarks
Well, it is. I want to be fair to my colleague because I think he wants to work with us. We obviously have different points of view, but we have to sit down, and we have to stay…
The speaker refers to an unnamed colleague (likely across the aisle given the framing of 'different points of view') and explicitly credits…
Link to source ↗2025-10-23 · Floor speech · congress.gov
Congressional Record remarks
…ilies, the bombing has largely stopped, and the hostages are home. This is extraordinary. I salute everyone involved in getting us to this day, including President Trump. But let's be clear, there is more work to be done. The only way this cease-fire will succ…
Senator Welch's statement is primarily a substantive discussion of the Gaza cease-fire, but it does include a targeted comment: explicit…
Link to source ↗Toward Democrats
2025-11-06 · Floor speech · congress.gov
Congressional Record remarks
Mr. President, I strongly support this resolution. I do want to say thank you to Senator Kaine. Senator Kaine, I think I speak for you and I think I speak for every Member of the Senate…
The speaker (Welch) is primarily crediting two fellow Democratic senators, Kaine and Duckworth, for their specific legislative/military…
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