Press Release

NOTUS Finds 1 in 5 ACA marketplace enrollees dropped coverage since January   WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Finance Subcommittee on Health Care, today released the following statement in reaction to new reporting from NOTUS that one in five Americans enrolled in health coverage through HealthCare.gov lost insurance coverage after President Trump and Congressional Republicans declined to extend the Affordable Care Act (ACA) premium tax…

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) joined U.S. Senator Ed Markey (D-Mass.), U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), and 22 colleagues in demanding answers from President Trump and Acting Head of the National Science Foundation (NSF) Brian Stone on why the president dismissed all members of the NSF’s National Science Board (NSB), the advisory…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) today celebrated the Senate’s unanimous passage of their bipartisan, bicameral Baby Changing on Board Act. The Senators’ bill would require each Amtrak train to be outfitted with baby changing stations in all accessible restrooms and to post adequate signage indicating their availability.…

MONTPELIER, VT – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development, Energy, and Credit, this week delivered remarks at the Washington Electric Coop’s (WEC) Annual Meeting, held in Montpelier.   In his remarks, the Senator highlighted his bipartisan bill with Sen. Dave McCormick (R-Pa.), the REWIRE Act, which would modernize the nation’s…

Welch to Dhillon: “For nearly 70 years, the Civil Rights Division has enforced federal statutes that protect Americans’ right to vote. Your leadership represents a marked departure from that tradition.”  WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on The Constitution, this week delivered a scathing criticism…

BURLINGTON, VT—U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) released the following statement on the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Review Council’s recently-released recommendations to slash the agency in half:  “FEMA is essential in the aftermath of a disaster, but there’s no question the long-term recovery processes within the…