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Democrats said veterans supporting Trump’s Gaza aid effort face legal risks for “what amounts to military operations on behalf of the Israeli government.” Palestinians gather at an aid distribution point in a desperate attempt to receive limited flour supplies in Gaza City, Gaza, on July…

CANADA Act would exempt U.S.-owned small businesses from tariffs imposed on Canada  WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, this week pushed for a vote on his bipartisan Creating Access to Necessary American-Canadian Duty Adjustments (CANADA) Act,…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – During a Senate Agriculture Committee hearing today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development, Energy, and Credit, grilled U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Secretary Stephen Vaden on the Trump Administration’s reorganization plan for…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) last night spoke on the Senate floor about the ongoing humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, and the need for the United States to take immediate action. He condemned Hamas, pushed for a ceasefire, and demanded the release of…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) has cosponsored U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders’ (I-Vt.) Joint Resolutions of Disapproval (JRD) to block the sales of certain offensive weapons to Israel. The JRDs would prohibit the U.S.-financed sale of $675 million for bombs and guidance kits, plus…

CANADA Act would exempt U.S.-owned small businesses from tariffs imposed on Canada WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ahead of the August 1st tariff deadline, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, will push for a vote on his bipartisan Creating Access to…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) joined Steven Hadfield, a patient advocate, and Vaishu Jawahar of Protect Our Care to discuss his new Repealing the Trump Sick Tax Act, legislation to repeal changes to Medicaid cost-sharing requirements and handouts to Big Pharma…