Small Businesses

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights,today joined U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), John Fetterman (D-Pa.) and Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) in introducing the Fair Prices for Local Businesses Act, legislation that would bring down prices for American families and support small businesses…

Trump’s chaotic tariffs are estimated to have cost American families roughly $1,700 each, giving large corporations cover to price-gouge consumers  Senators: “Any refunds from the federal government should be returned to the millions of Americans and small businesses that were illegally cheated out of their hard-earned money.”  WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following the…

BURLINGTON and BRATTLEBORO, VT — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, will travel to Burlington and Brattleboro next week ahead of Small Business Saturday and the holiday season to meet with small business owners and discuss the importance of…

Welch: “We are urging the Court to do something simple: read the Constitution.”  WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, today joined Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Administration Ed Markey (D-Mass.), alongside…

WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today released the following statement on President Trump’s new tariffs, which will raise tariff rates for nearly every country, inflict higher costs on consumers and businesses, and plunge the economy into chaos:   “A tariff is a tax, and President…