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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…

Welch at a June Judiciary Committee hearing. Photo: Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images Sens. Peter Welch and Ron Wyden introduced legislation Monday that would repeal targeted provisions dealing with Medicaid and orphan-drug exemptions in the GOP tax-and-spending law.  Why it matters: The bill has virtually no chance of…

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…