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Welch pushed for Trump to issue refunds after the Supreme Court blocked his reckless, global tariffs  WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, today urged Vermont small businesses to apply for a refund from the U.S. government for President Trump’s reckless and illegal global tariffs.   The new refund…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, cosponsored the Rehabilitation through Reading Act, legislation led by U.S. Senator Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO-05), to expand library resources and services to support the education and skills training of incarcerated Americans to improve opportunities upon their…

Nearly 38% of Vermont households participating in SNAP have an elderly person  9.6% of older Vermonters live below the poverty line  WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, cosponsored the Senior Hunger Prevention Act, bicameral legislation led by Senate Aging Committee Ranking Member Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and U.S. Senator John Fetterman (D-Pa.) to expand Supplemental Nutrition…

Bill would codify rights to minimum wage and overtime pay for home care workers  WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Finance Subcommittee on Health Care, cosponsored the Fair Wages for Home Care Workers Act, bicameral legislation led by U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Andy Kim…

WASHINGTON, D.C.— U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition, and Consumer Rights, today released the following statement following news that a New York jury found Live Nation and its subsidiary, Ticketmaster, guilty of conducting anti-competitive practices and monopolizing the creative and music industry.   The verdict comes after Senator Welch…

Senate Republicans blocked Democrats’ War Powers Resolution  Senate will soon vote on Joint Resolutions of Disapproval, cosponsored by Welch, to stop transfer of taxpayer-funded bombs and armored bulldozers to Israel  WASHINGTON, D.C. — In an impassioned speech from the Senate Floor, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) denounced President Trump’s reckless war on Iran and Lebanon, which…

Welch: “We want people who owe taxes to the United States Treasury to pay taxes.”  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, pressed Internal Revenue Service (IRS) CEO Frank Bisignano about how the Trump Administration has exacerbated the national deficit…