Health Care

Witnesses, including Former NIH Director, highlight how deep cuts, staffing layoffs, and delayed funding at NIH hurt life-saving research  WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) and Peter Welch (D-Vt.) hosted a forum on Capitol Hill titled “Cures in Crisis: What Gutting NIH Research…

BRATTLEBORO, VT – On Wednesday, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, toured the Brattleboro Memorial Hospital, where he discussed his new bipartisan bill to support rural health care providers, the Rural Hospital Support Act, and the impact of President…

BURLINGTON, VT — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) released the following statement on the retirement of Dr. Mark A. Levine, Commissioner of Health for the State of Vermont:  “Dr. Levine dedicated his career to medicine and creating stronger, healthier communities across Vermont. His leadership as our…

Welch highlights RFK Jr.’s lack of plans to fix broken health care system  WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today raised concerns about the character and fitness of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump’s nominee to be the Secretary of Health and Human…

Bill paves the way for more generic drugs to come to market  WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) joined Senators John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), and Susan Collins (R-Maine) recently to introduce the bipartisan Skinny Labels, Big Savings Act, legislation designed to…