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Press Release
Sep 08, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, led Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) in reintroducing the…
Press Release
Sep 05, 2025
RANDOLPH, VT – Today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) announced registration is now open for this year’s annual Women’s Economic Opportunity Conference (WEOC), held Saturday, September 27, 2025. Vermonters interested in attending this free event can learn more and sign up by visiting welch.senate.gov/weoc. “The…
Statement
Sep 05, 2025
Statement from Senator Peter WelchPrinted in the Congressional RecordSeptember 4, 2025 Mr. President, on November 30th the people of Honduras will choose their next president and members of the National Congress. The stakes could not be higher. I am deeply concerned both about the integrity…
Press Release
Sep 04, 2025
Welch also demands vote on bill to claw back Republicans’ $5 billion handout to Big Pharma WASHINGTON, D.C. – During a Senate Finance Committee hearing today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) delivered a scathing review of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s tenure as Secretary of the…
In The News
Sep 04, 2025
Democrats clashed with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over vaccine policies in a hearing that also saw Sen. Peter Welch expressing concern over rural hospitals' financial health WASHINGTON — Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vt., put the future of hospitals in rural communities in the spotlight…
Press Release
Sep 04, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) joined Members of the Senate Finance Committee in calling on Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to resign from his position as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), as he continues to push his…
Press Release
Sep 03, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, tonight slammed Congressional Republicans’ attack on health care, including the so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act. “We should repeal the so-called One Big Beautiful Bill. It's not a working families’…