Peter Welch

It is the actual imposition of the premium increase. The only way we can spare this heartache--literally, taking away people's healthcare--is by extending the premium tax credits. So that is a decision this body has to make.

Well, if you are a billionaire, it works out. The fact is, it can't be explained. It hasn't happened yet. This is about to go into effect if we don't act as the Senate.

I do think it is a terrible bill. I do think that we have taken money from healthcare and other areas to fund a tax cut for very wealthy people. I think it is bad for the economy and creates a lot of insecurity. We are also having a big…

That was done deliberately, not just to cut spending, but to signal that Trump wants a shutdown.

It’s a war crime to starve a population to get what you want from your enemy.

As the Senate's only former public defender, I know how important federal support is to live up to our constitutional guarantee of the right to counsel.

Donald Trump has made it his personal mission to limit transparency and accountability, and the State Department’s upcoming human rights report — or what remains of it — will certainly reflect that.

As a result, we are deeply concerned that you may have failed to alert your personnel — or investors — of the immense legal risks they face for conducting what amounts to military operations on behalf of the Israeli government on land…

We are deeply concerned that you may have failed to alert your personnel — or investors — of the immense legal risks they face.

Canada understandably is furious and hurt by the way they’ve been treated by the U.S., and that has affected Vermont’s hospitality industry.

Vermonters really love Canadians, and are very upset about what has happened to the relationships that many of our businesses have built up over the years.

A stagnant federal minimum wage only adds fuel to the fire. Every hard-working American deserves a living wage that helps put a roof over their head and food on the table — $7.25 an hour doesn't even come close.

We're in the midst of a severe affordability crisis, with families in red and blue states alike struggling to afford necessities like housing and groceries.

Times have changed, and working families deserve a wage that reflects today’s financial reality.

We’re in the midst of a severe affordability crisis, with families in red and blue states alike struggling to afford necessities.

Kennedy has exceeded my low expectations.

It's hard, in many ways, to see how we could do worse.

You've got a Health and Human Service Secretary in Robert Kennedy who is on a destructive rampage, tearing apart institutional structures that have been in place to help us with the science and research and delivery of healthcare in this…

That was one of those votes where I voted the way I thought was the right vote, but I couldn’t tell you with certainty that I was confident I was right.

There’s a real abdication by Congress of its own authority.

I was absent from the Senate on March 3, 2025. Had I been present for rollcall vote No. 100 on S.9, I would have voted no. This legislation is a gross overreach of Federal authority on mandating State action. It does not in fact protect…

I acknowledge that he won and he’s got the right to use all the executive authority to pursue his policies. He doesn’t have a right to exceed constitutional authority.

He doesn’t have a right to exceed constitutional authority.

The building code is the next frontier after the zoning code.

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 7:41 p.m., adjourned until Thursday, August 1, 2024, at 11 a.m. ____________________