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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…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, along with U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Jim Risch (R-Idaho), and Susan Collins (R-Maine) reintroduced the bipartisan Defending Against Imitations and Replacements of Yogurt, milk, and cheese to Promote…

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…