Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

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…

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and 23 of their Senate colleagues introduced legislation to boost Medicare negotiation of drug prices to lower prescription drug costs for consumers. The Strengthening Medicare and Reducing Taxpayer (SMART) Prices Act would give the Department…