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Pledges to Keep Up the Fight Against Trump’s Reckless Agriculture, Trade, and Economic Policies AMES, IOWA—U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development, Energy, and Credit, today traveled to Ames, Iowa, where he spoke with Iowa farmers and…

NEBRASKA — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development, Energy, and Credit, today traveled to Nebraska to speak with farmers impacted by President Trump’s tariffs and economic policies. Senator Welch met with farmers and toured two farms in…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, and U.S. Senator Rick Scott (R-Fla.) this week introduced the Multigenerational Home Caregiver Credit Act, bipartisan legislation to address the nationwide aging crisis and combat skyrocketing health care costs by…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today led eleven Democratic Senators in introducing a resolution condemning President Trump’s pardon of Juan Orlando Hernández, the former two-term President of Honduras who was sentenced to 45 years in prison and fined $8 million for drug…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, today joined Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Senators Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) to unveil Senate Democrats’ plan to protect health care tax credits…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) introduced a Senate Resolution condemning anti-Palestinian hatred and violence. The resolution was unveiled on the second anniversary of an attack that injured Hisham Awartani, Kinnan Abdalhamid, and Tahseen Ali Ahmad, college students who were shot in Burlington. …

Legislation was inspired by Vermont constituent WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, and U.S. Representative Gabe Amo (D-RI-01) introduced the Social Security Survivor Benefits Equity Act, bicameral legislation to adjust benefits for the first time in…