Inflation Reduction Act

WINOOSKI, VT – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development, Energy, and Credit, joined a forum hosted by the Energy Action Network (EAN) and the EAN Climate Workforce Coalition on how Congressional policy and budget decisions may…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, today released the following statement on President Trump's Executive Order targeting the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program, a major long-term cost-saving feature of the Inflation Reduction Act which grants Medicare…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today introduced Mr. Harold Howrigan, a Vermont dairy farmer and Board Member of the National Milk Producers Federation, as he testified before the Senate Agriculture Committee. Senator Welch highlighted obstacles facing farmers and producers and asked witnesses…

BURLINGTON, VT – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) called on Congressional leadership to come to the table in good faith and extend premium health care tax credit immediately before millions of Affordable Care Act (ACA) enrollees see higher premiums, and up to 5 million lose…

Legislation would establish ambitious standard to rapidly reduce emissions and achieve up to 100% renewable energy generation by 2044  WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and U.S. Representative Yvette Clarke (D-NY-09) introduced the bicameral American Renewable Energy Act…