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Legislation is supported by antitrust enforcers from both sides of the aisle   WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights, today joined U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law, and U.S. Representative Jamie…

Bill eliminates federal income taxes for Americans making under $46,000; is fully paid for by ensuring Americans making over a million dollars pay their fair share  WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, joined U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Cory…

Vermonters lose millions of dollars to online fraud schemes every year  The SCAM Act is supported by The Vermont Country Store  WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights, cosponsored the Safeguarding Consumers from Advertising Misconduct (SCAM) Act, bipartisan legislation led by U.S. Senators Ruben…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, today joined U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine), Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, in urging USDA to promptly release cost share reimbursements for the National Organic Certification Cost Share Program (NOCCSP), which many farms rely on to offset high certification costs.…

BURLINGTON, VT – The Vermont Congressional Delegation, U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), and U.S. Representative Becca Balint (D-Vt.), today released the following statement regarding the recent ICE raids in South Burlington:   “President Trump’s domestic army, ICE, came into Vermont yesterday from out of state and, as is…

Hind is honored in Oscar-nominated film, “The Voice of Hind Rajab”  WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and U.S. Representative Sara Jacobs (D-CA-51) today led Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Reps. Joaquin Castro (D-TX-20) and Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-07) in introducing the Justice for Hind Rajab Act, legislation that requires the U.S. government to investigate and hold accountable those responsible…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) joined U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), and 40 Senate colleagues in demanding that the Department of Defense (DOD) provide answers to the American people on the airstrikes on a school in Minab, Iran, and civilian casualties in the Trump Administration’s…