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WASHINGTON—Senators Peter Welch (D-VT) and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) today introduced the E-Access Act, legislation to facilitate the clean energy transition by helping consumers access their utility data and share that data with third parties. Families and businesses rely on home energy usage data to…

WASHINGTON—Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) joined Senators Chris Murphy (D-CT) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) to introduce the Market Access, Promotion and Landowner Education Support for Your Regionally Underserved Producers (MAPLE SYRUP) Act last week, legislation extending and expanding the Acer Access and Development Program, which supports…

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…

WASHINGTON—Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) addressed the Senate Agriculture Committee’s Subcommittee on Food and Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Organics, and Research yesterday during a hearing on opportunities to support specialty crop producers in the 2023 Farm Bill. Welch’s remarks centered on the important role specialty crop producers…

WASHINGTON -- During a Senate Rules and Administration Committee hearing this week, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) called for continued support for election officials on the frontlines of our democracy. Sen. Welch also raised concerns about recent layoffs across big tech trust and safety teams…

WASHINGTON—Senator Peter Welch (D-VT), Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), and Senators Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-KS), and J.D. Vance (R-OH) today introduced the bipartisan, bicameral Credit Card Competition Act of 2023, legislation that would enhance competition and choice in the credit card network market which…

WASHINGTON—Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) issued a statement today responding to the drug company Merck’s lawsuit to block drug price negotiation provisions included in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). Welch was a key architect of the bill’s drug pricing program and longtime advocate for lower drug…