Small Businesses

WATERBURY, VT – Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) addressed the Vermont Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors and Vermont business leaders at the Vermont Chamber’s Wellspring Forum series in Waterbury on Monday morning. He discussed federal efforts to address the housing shortage for middle-class workers, cut…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) took to the floor of the U.S. Senate this week to urge his colleagues to advance the Credit Card Competition Act, bipartisan legislation he co-introduced with Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.); Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kans.); and Sen. J.D.…

BURLINGTON, VT—Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) joined Burlington small business owners today to celebrate the introduction of the Credit Card Competition Act, bipartisan legislation to bring competition to the credit card network market, lower burdensome fees small businesses are charged when processing credit card transactions, and…