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WASHINGTON—Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) joined a Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on protecting the civil rights of LGBTQ+ Americans today. The hearing, titled “Protecting Pride: Defending the Civil Rights of LGBTQ+ Americans”responds to rising discrimination, threats, and hate crimes towards LGBTQ+ people across the country. A…

WASHINGTON—Senators Peter Welch (D-VT) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) today introduced the End Price Gouging for Medications Act, legislation to lower drug costs for all Americans and end pharmaceutical price gouging. A 2021 study reported that Americans pay 2.4 times what people in other countries pay…

HARTFORD, VT—Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) joined the Hartford/Lebanon 4th Annual Juneteenth Celebration today in commemoration of the end of enslavement of African Americans in the United States. Sen. Welch gave remarks on the importance of solidarity in the ongoing fight against racial injustice, speaking alongside…

WASHINGTON—Senators Peter Welch (D-VT) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) today sent a letter to Amazon President and Chief Executive Officer Andy Jassy following reporting that patients seeking to enroll in Amazon Clinic, the company’s “virtual healthcare storefront,” are asked to provide Amazon with expansive access to…

WASHINGTON—Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) joined the Senate Committee on the Judiciary’s Subcommittee on Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, & Federal Rights yesterday to call for the passage of the Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency (SCERT) Act of 2023, legislation that would establish a code…

WASHINGTON—Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) joined Senators Ed Markey (D-MA), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Cory Booker (D-NJ), and Tom Carper (D-DE) to support the Stop Fentanyl Overdoses Act last month, legislation to advance a public health-oriented approach to the substance use crisis by expanding testing for fentanyl…

WASHINGTON—Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) released the following statement at the conclusion of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s first hearing on oversight of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and Related Surveillance Authorities, which featured testimony from senior administration national security officials who discussed the…