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VTDigger: Welch Seeks Drug Negotiating Power for Medicare

January 10, 2017 In The News
Erin Mansfield
Welch Seeks Drug Negotiating Power for Medicare
Vermont’s congressman is encouraging President-elect Donald Trump to follow through on a position Trump announced a year ago advocating for the federal government to negotiate prescription drug prices.
Issues:
Quality and Affordable Health Care

Burlington Free Press: Don't call it soy milk, Rep. Welch says

December 16, 2016 In The News
Don't call it soy milk, Rep. Welch says
Rep. Peter Welch is mounting a new campaign against the words soy milk, almond milk and rice milk. Impostors, he says.
Issues:
Helping Farmers Thrive

St. Albans Messenger: Welch sees upgrades at ice rink

December 15, 2016 In The News

HIGHGATE — U.S. Rep. Peter Welch laced up a pair of hockey skates, grabbed a stick and joined elementary school students on the ice at the Highgate Arena Wednesday morning.

Welch made a few laps around the rink, skating beside selectboard member and cochair of Missisquoi Amateur Hockey Association’s facility board Joshua LaRocque before posing with students for a photo.

Rutland Herald: Manufacturing of Mamava comes to Springfield

December 13, 2016 In The News
Manufacturing is returning to Springfield, although it’s nothing remotely resembling machine tools.
Issues:
Supporting Entrepreneurs

VTDigger: Welch Wants to Hold Line on Ethanol Mandate He Calls Harmful

December 13, 2016 In The News
Welch Wants to Hold Line on Ethanol Mandate He Calls Harmful

By Mike Polhamus

Vermont’s lone member of the U.S. House said Tuesday he intends to fight any efforts to expand a massive nationwide subsidy to corn farmers instituted during the George W. Bush administration.

Issues:
Clean Energy and Lower Bills, Protecting the Environment

Rutland Herald: Welch promises to hold Trump accountable

December 13, 2016 In The News
U.S. Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt., said Monday that he just didn’t know what to expect from a Trump presidency.

VT Press Bureau: Welch hails Cures Act to combat addiction

December 10, 2016 In The News
Welch hails Cures Act to combat addiction
Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt., is hailing congressional passage of legislation that will help Vermont and other states combat opiate addiction.
Issues:
Middle Class, Quality and Affordable Health Care

St. Albans Messenger: Welch vows to defend civil liberties

November 30, 2016 In The News

By Michelle Monroe

ST. ALBANS — On Tuesday, Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt., heard from Vermonters concerned about the fates of Medicare, Obamacare, and the Veteran’s Administration in a Trump Administration.

VPR: Leahy, Sanders And Welch Denounce Bannon Appointment

November 16, 2016 In The News
Leahy, Sanders And Welch Denounce Bannon Appointment
All three of Vermont’s Congressional delegates are voicing strong concerns about President-elect Donald Trump’s appointment of former Breitbart executive Steve Bannon as chief strategist and senior counselor.

Bennington Banner: U.S. Rep. Peter Welch tours Putnam Block; pledges support to redevelopment project

October 27, 2016 In The News
U.S. Rep. Peter Welch tours Putnam Block; pledges support to redevelopment project
U.S. Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt., pledged his support this week to a local investment group's plan to purchase and redevelop the Putnam Block. Welch was briefed on the plan to turn the properties at the Four Corners intersection into mixed-use retail and commercial space on Wednesday morning.

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