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BURLINGTON, VT – Today at Handy’s Lunch in Burlington, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, hosted a press event with Vermonters who rely on the Affordable Care Act’s premium tax credits to access health coverage. Government funding lapsed last…

Welch calls on Republicans to join forces with Democrats to avert government shutdown  WASHINGTON, D.C. – Monday night on the Senate floor, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, and Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) led seven Senate colleagues in imploring…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today on the Senate floor, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) called out President Trump for his use and abuse of executive power and admonished the United States Senate for its continued passivity:  “We are nine months into the second Trump Administration, and…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) will submit a Statement for the Congressional Record blasting Senate Republicans for attempting to advance President Trump’s rescission request, which claws back congressionally-appropriated funding, and his FY26 budget, which also threatens funding for HIV/AIDS and other life-saving…

Statement of Senator Peter WelchOn Republicans’ Rescissions Package and Funding to Combat HIV/AIDSAs Prepared for the Congressional RecordJuly 14, 2025 Mr. WELCH.  Mr. President, a June 25th article in the New York Times captured, in a single headline, the disaster that the misguided policies of…