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WASHINGTON — Sen. Peter Welch introduced new legislation in Washington this week. It's to help lower the cost of college for current and future borrowers. The "Student Loan Interest Elimination Act" would re-finance the interest on federal student loans for all existing borrowers to 0%.…

WASHINGTON—Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) spoke on the Senate floor late last night to call for additional support for Vermont’s farmers as they recover from catastrophic flooding. The office of Governor Phil Scott estimates that 10,000 acres of farmland have been damaged by flooding. That number…

WASHINGTON—Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) today introduced the Fairness for Small Scale Farmers and Ranchers Act and the Agricultural Worker Justice Act, legislation to support farmworkers and uplift small, family farms across the United States. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) co-sponsored both bills in the Senate. Senator…

WASHINGTON—Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) took to the Senate floor late last night to urge an end to the partisan blockade of merit-based promotions, which have indefinitely stalled the nominations of hundreds of senior U.S. military officials. Led by Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Senator Jack…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) and Congressman Joe Courtney (D-CT) introduced legislation to lower the cost of college for current and future borrowers.  The Student Loan Interest Elimination Act would refinance the interest on federal student loans for all existing borrowers to zero percent…

WASHINGTON – Key provisions from Senator Peter Welch’s (D-VT) bipartisan Drug Price Transparency in Medicaid Act were included in The Modernizing and Ensuring PBM Accountability Act, a bipartisan package of bills aimed at holding pharmacy benefit managers (PBM) accountable for rising prescription drug prices. The…

WASHINGTON—Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) and Senator Angus King (I-ME) today introduced the Farmland Access Act, legislation that will help protect American farmland for its intended use and expand access to farming for the next generation. The bill updates an existing, but underutilized, program within the…