Senate Finance Committee

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…

Welch pushed for Trump to issue refunds after the Supreme Court blocked his reckless, global tariffs  WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, today urged Vermont small businesses to apply for a refund from the U.S. government for President Trump’s reckless and illegal global tariffs.   The new refund…

Welch: “We want people who owe taxes to the United States Treasury to pay taxes.”  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, pressed Internal Revenue Service (IRS) CEO Frank Bisignano about how the Trump Administration has exacerbated the national deficit…