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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) joined children and families of fired federal employees on Capitol Hill to demand that the Administration immediately rehire federal workers illegally terminated from their jobs. Senator Welch spoke with around 70 former federal workers and their…

Welch Helped Deliver Funding for the Project Through Congressional Appropriations  BURLINGTON, VT – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today visited the Boys and Girls Club in Burlington to celebrate the completion of their newly renovated pool. The pool will help nearly 100 summer campers get…

New bill would also repeal Big Pharma handouts in ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’  WASHINGTON, D.C. – TOMORROW—Tuesday, July 29 at 3:30 PM ET —U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, will join patient advocates and Protect Our Care to discuss…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, and Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) introduced the Repealing the Trump Sick Tax Act, legislation to repeal changes to Medicaid cost-sharing requirements and handouts to Big Pharma in…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) led 19 of their Senate Colleagues in pressing the Trump Administration for answers on the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF). In their letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the Senators called on…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development, Energy, and Credit, led Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) this week in reintroducing the Organic Dairy Assistance, Investment, and Reporting Yields…