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Farmers in Vermont and the organizations that serve them are having their livelihoods threatened by the failure of the U.S. Department of Agriculture to honor contracts it signed to pay back farmers for money they are owed, according to Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont. Welch joined with Sen.…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – At a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) called out President Trump for firing Democratic members of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and discussed the importance of a fully-functioning FTC,…

Welch urged Republicans to support USDA’s school nutrition and dairy support programs. WASHINGTON, D.C.—In an Agriculture Committee hearing today focused on U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.)’s Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act, Sen. Welch celebrated Vermont’s dairy farmers and students and called for passage of…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) introduced the bipartisan Livestock Owned by Communities to Advance Local (LOCAL) Foods Act, legislation to update the Federal Meat Inspection Act of 1906’s (FMIA) ‘Personal-Use Exemption’ to better support small-scale meat producers in…

Senators seek to determine whether Todd Blanche knowingly and willfully provided untruthful testimony during his nomination hearing WASHINGTON, D.C. – WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, and U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) led…

WASHINGTON, D.C.—As President Trump reportedly prepares to enact blanket tariffs that will impact trade globally and plunge the economy into chaos, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, released the following statement:  “It is obvious that Trump ‘couldn’t care less’…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today released the following statement commemorating International Transgender Day of Visibility:  “International Transgender Day of Visibility is an essential reminder that everyone deserves to be treated with dignity and respect, always. No one should ever fear retribution…