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Sep 12, 2024
The 340B PATIENTS Act targets limitations on the 340B drug pricing programme to ensure that vulnerable communities can access medications. Senator Peter Welch declared a bill to curb restrictions on the 340B drug pricing programme. Credit: Bonnie Cash via Getty Images. Pharmaceutical manufacturers have been…
Press Release
Sep 11, 2024
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today introduced the bicameral 340B Pharmaceutical Access To Invest in Essential, Needed Treatments & Support (PATIENTS) Act, legislation that would protect the 340B drug pricing program and ensure patients—especially those in lower income and rural communities—can continue…
Press Release
Sep 10, 2024
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and U.S. Representative Becca Balint (VT-At-Large) announced $250,000 in federal funding has been released from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), which will support the Norwich University Applied Research Institutes (NUARI) and their work to advance…
Press Release
Sep 05, 2024
BURLINGTON, VT – Ahead of the Senate’s return to Capitol Hill for the September session, Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) released the following statement urging his colleagues and congressional leadership to prioritize disaster relief funding in any upcoming spending agreement: “I have said, time and…
Press Release
Sep 04, 2024
BURLINGTON, VT — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) joined the Weather Channel to discuss the impact of flooding and natural disasters on infrastructure, including Vermont’s continued work to rebuild after devastating floods in July 2023 and 2024. Senator Welch also emphasized his work to secure federal…