Press Release
May 23, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) this week held a two-day spotlight forum, entitled “Trump’s Destruction of HHS: Mass Firings, Reorganization, and the Human Harm Caused.” The forum examined the human harm caused by the Trump Administration’s sweeping reorganization and mass…
In The News
May 23, 2025
Photo Credit: U.S. Embassy Ottawa A delegation of U.S. Senators expressed optimism that a trade and security pact can be reached between Canada and President Donald Trump’s administration after meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney and senior cabinet ministers Friday. The Senators - Republican Kevin…
Press Release
May 23, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) will join Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and a bipartisan delegation, including Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) in Ottawa, Canada for meetings with Prime…
Press Release
May 22, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today led U.S. Senators Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) in sending a letter to bipartisan leadership of the Senate Appropriations Committee urging Congress to provide robust federal funding for programs supporting the Lake Champlain basin.…
Press Release
May 22, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) reintroduced the Strengthening Medicare and Reducing Taxpayer (SMART) Prices Act, legislation to expand Medicare negotiation of drug prices to lower drug costs for consumers, reduce federal spending, and give the U.S. Department of…