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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, cosponsored the Rehabilitation through Reading Act, legislation led by U.S. Senator Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO-05), to expand library resources and services to support the education and skills training of incarcerated Americans to improve opportunities upon their…

Nearly 38% of Vermont households participating in SNAP have an elderly person  9.6% of older Vermonters live below the poverty line  WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, cosponsored the Senior Hunger Prevention Act, bicameral legislation led by Senate Aging Committee Ranking Member Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and U.S. Senator John Fetterman (D-Pa.) to expand Supplemental Nutrition…

Bill would codify rights to minimum wage and overtime pay for home care workers  WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Finance Subcommittee on Health Care, cosponsored the Fair Wages for Home Care Workers Act, bicameral legislation led by U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Andy Kim…

Senate Republicans blocked Democrats’ War Powers Resolution  Senate will soon vote on Joint Resolutions of Disapproval, cosponsored by Welch, to stop transfer of taxpayer-funded bombs and armored bulldozers to Israel  WASHINGTON, D.C. — In an impassioned speech from the Senate Floor, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) denounced President Trump’s reckless war on Iran and Lebanon, which…

Welch: “We want people who owe taxes to the United States Treasury to pay taxes.”  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, pressed Internal Revenue Service (IRS) CEO Frank Bisignano about how the Trump Administration has exacerbated the national deficit…

Legislation would raise $13 in federal revenue for every taxpayer dollar invested  WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Tax Day, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Finance Subcommittee, cosponsored the Stop Corporations and High Earners from Avoiding Taxes and Enforce the Rules Strictly (Stop CHEATERS) Act, legislation led by Senate Finance…