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Senate Resolution Calls on Trump Administration to Reverse Course on Richardson Waiver, Mirroring 1980s Effort to Boost Transparency WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, last week joined Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Angus King…

Palestinian men walk near rubble of houses destroyed during the Israeli offensive, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, March 13, 2025. REUTERS/Hatem Khaled/File Photo WASHINGTON, May 6 (Reuters) - A group of U.S. senators wants Congress' watchdog agency to investigate whether controls on humanitarian…

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, President Donald Trump and Prime Minister of Canada, Mark Carney, met at the White House. U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) released the following statement:   “President Trump refuses to acknowledge the economic partnership of America and Canada. Trump’s tariffs on Canadian imports—machinery, lumber, energy,…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) today introduced the Fair Prescription Drug Prices for Americans Act, bipartisan legislation to lower drug prices for Americans. The Senators’ bill would offer relief for millions of patients by prohibiting pharmaceutical companies from…

A bipartisan pair of senators introduced legislation to lower prescription drug prices by prohibiting pharmaceutical companies from selling drugs in the U.S. at higher prices than the international average.  The bill from Sens. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Peter Welch (D-Vt.) is a riff on the “most favored nation” policy…

WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, released the following statement ahead of World Press Freedom Day, which is celebrated annually on May 3:  “A free press is essential, both here in America and internationally. It…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, yesterday joined his Democratic colleagues on the Senate Floor to speak out against President Trump’s and Republicans’ ongoing attacks on the right to vote and pledge his…