Senate Finance Committee

BURLINGTON, VT – Today at Handy’s Lunch in Burlington, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, hosted a press event with Vermonters who rely on the Affordable Care Act’s premium tax credits to access health coverage. Government funding lapsed last…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the Trump Administration announced that Pfizer has agreed to sell select prescription medications directly to patients at a discount on a new direct purchasing platform, TrumpRx.gov, and in exchange, Pfizer will receive a three-year grace period on President Trump’s proposed 100%…

Welch calls on Republicans to join forces with Democrats to avert government shutdown  WASHINGTON, D.C. – Monday night on the Senate floor, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, and Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) led seven Senate colleagues in imploring…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, recently joined Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and 19 of his Senate colleagues in reintroducing the Billionaires Income Tax Act, bicameral legislation to help ensure billionaires pay…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, joined U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Rand Paul (R-Ky.), Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), and Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), and Angus King (I-Maine) in filing…