Senate Finance Committee

EAU CLAIRE and LA CROSSE, WI—U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee and Senate Agriculture Committee, will travel to western Wisconsin next week to discuss how Washington can better serve rural communities.   On Friday, June 5th, Senator Welch will host a health care roundtable in Eau Claire focused on how Wisconsinites and rural communities…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, cosponsored the Taxing Buybacks from Big Oil Windfalls Act, legislation led by Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), and Senator Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), which would increase the excise tax on stock buybacks of…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, took to the Senate floor to underscore how President Trump is trying to swindle hardworking American taxpayers to pay for his $1 billion vanity project to reconstruct the White House’s historic East Wing.   In his remarks, Senator Welch outlined just a fraction of…

Welch joined Axios’ Future of Health Summit 2026 WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee on Health Care, joined Axios Live for their second annual Future of Health Summit to discuss America’s changing health care landscape and Senate Democrats’ early efforts to restore access to health care and lower out-of-pocket costs in the 120th Congress. …

Welch hosted events with Vermont farmers, nutrition advocates, and working families while in Addison County  ADDISON COUNTY, VT –U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Agriculture and Senate Finance Committees, today traveled to Addison County and heard directly from Vermont farmers, producers, and families about how President Trump’s economic policies, trade war, and war with Iran have caused the costs…