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Senator Peter Welch [D-VT] during a visit to Bennington in August 2024.FILE U.S. Sen. Peter Welch, [D-Vt.], was joined by several of his colleagues as well as the governor of Oregon during a phone call with the media to discuss what could be the largest…

U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) (R) speaks alongside Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) (L) and Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) on April 2 in Washington, DC. Photo: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images Senate Democrats are blaring the alarm on potential Republican cuts to two critical safety net programs in…

Sens. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Peter Welch (D-Vt.) introduced a bill Wednesday aimed at boosting passengers’ safety and privacy when in the vehicles of ride-sharing service drivers. The measure, titled the Safe and Private Rides Act, would require transportation network companies to alert passengers if their driver is…

Palestinian men walk near rubble of houses destroyed during the Israeli offensive, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, March 13, 2025. REUTERS/Hatem Khaled/File Photo WASHINGTON, May 6 (Reuters) - A group of U.S. senators wants Congress' watchdog agency to investigate whether controls on humanitarian…

A bipartisan pair of senators introduced legislation to lower prescription drug prices by prohibiting pharmaceutical companies from selling drugs in the U.S. at higher prices than the international average.  The bill from Sens. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Peter Welch (D-Vt.) is a riff on the “most favored nation” policy…

Seven Democratic senators are asking the U.S. Justice Department for information about changes to its civil rights division made by President Donald Trump's administration including reassigning several career officials who had held leadership positions. The senators, all members of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, wrote a letter…