Drug Pricing

WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) took to the Senate floor to call out Big Pharma’s fear-mongering and scare tactics about Congressional Democrats and the White House’s fight to lower prescription drug costs for seniors. The White House recently unveiled the first…

Inflation Reduction Act’s drug price negotiations are a longtime legislative priority of Sen. Welch WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today joined Families USA and Patients for Affordable Drugs for a virtual press conference celebrating the White House’s recent announcement of the first ten…

BURLINGTON, VT – Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today released the following statement in response to the Biden Administration’s announcement of the first 10 prescription drugs that will be subject to price negotiation thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and provisions Senator Welch championed in…

BURLINGTON, VT – Today, Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) commemorated the one-year anniversary of the enactment of the Inflation Reduction Act, a transformative climate and economic legislative package that has lowered costs for working families, created jobs, and spurred the green energy transition in Vermont and…

WASHINGTON—Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) issued a statement today responding to the drug company Merck’s lawsuit to block drug price negotiation provisions included in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). Welch was a key architect of the bill’s drug pricing program and longtime advocate for lower drug…