Affordability

BARRE, VT – Today in Barre, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) joined nutrition advocates and leaders from across Vermont for a press conference outlining how President Trump and Republicans’ tax and spending bill will hurt SNAP (called 3SquaresVT in Vermont) and other hunger and nutrition…

BURLINGTON, VT – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, today released new data highlighting the impact of President Trump’s economic policies and Republicans’ so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) on hardworking Vermont families.   The new report reveals that…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, today joined Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) in introducing the Higher Wages for American Workers Act of 2025, bipartisan legislation to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour and allow…

RUTLAND, VT – Last night in Rutland, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.)  hosted a community conversation where he discussed challenges facing Vermont and ways he is working to make Vermont’s communities more affordable, businesses more successful, and families healthier and safer. The town hall event…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) released the following statement on the start of the 119th Congress:   “When I walk onto the floor of the U.S. Senate, I think about the Vermonters I’ve been elected to represent: The parents working multiple jobs who just…