Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today celebrated the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) announcement of $21.8 million in new emergency relief funding to the Vermont Agency of Transportation to help Vermont communities impacted by the July 2023 floods. The funding is allocated through…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today celebrated the White House’s announcement that it has selected 15 additional prescription drugs for Medicare price negotiations. These newly announced prescription drugs—together with ten drugs already negotiated last year—represent nearly a third of all Medicare Part…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – While questioning witnesses during the second day of the confirmation hearing for U.S. Attorney General Nominee Pamela Bondi, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) questioned legal and ethics experts, as well as former colleagues of Ms. Bondi, about the pressure she will face…

Bessent Agrees to Work with Welch on Credit Card Swipe Fees WASHINGTON, D.C. – In his first Senate Finance Committee hearing today, Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) questioned Scott Bessent, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to be the Secretary of the United States Treasury Department, about the…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, questioned U.S. Attorney General Nominee Pamela Bondi about high costs of health care in rural America, specifically referencing recent reports detailing how insurers have cheated taxpayers out of billions…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, questioned U.S. Attorney General Nominee Pamela Bondi on President-elect Trump’s threats against political opponents. Ms. Bondi committed to Welch that at the Department of Justice, under her leadership, “No…