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Republican (1854-present)

Peter Welch

Peter Welch has been a champion for working Vermonters throughout his career. Since his election to Congress in 2006, he has been widely recognized as a thoughtful and effective legislator who chooses governing over gridlock.

Peter’s record reflects his strong commitment to bringing people together to find common sense solutions to the difficult challenges facing our state and nation. In an era of partisanship, he has worked across the aisle to create jobs, increase access to affordable education and health care, invest in energy efficiency, protect our environment, and care for our veterans.
 

Affordable Health Care for Every American

Peter strongly believes that every American has a right to affordable and accessible health care and has long advocated for Medicare for All. He has been a champion of prescription drug reform, successfully helping pass legislation through the House that will cut the skyrocketing cost of drugs for patients. 

  • Advancing Medicare for All
    • Cosponsored the Medicare for All Act of 2021 to establish a national health program in the US
       
  • Lowering the cost of prescription drugs
    • Cosponsored H.R. 3, the Lower Drug Costs Now Act, to allow Medicare to negotiate lower prices with drug companies and lower prescription drug costs for all Americans
  • Protecting frontline workers
    • Cosponsored H.R. 2418, the Student Loan Forgiveness for Frontline Health Workers Act, which would provide federal and private student loan forgiveness to certain frontline health care workers
    • Cosponsored H.R. 842, the Protecting the Right to Organize Act, which expands labor protections related to the right to organize and collectively bargain
    • Cosponsored H.R. 1195, the Workplace Violence Protection for Health Care and Social Services Workers Act, which requires the Department of Labor to establish protections from workplace violence in the health care sector
    • Cosponsored H.R. 1667, the Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act, which would establish grants and other requirements to improve mental and behavioral health and prevent burnout among health care providers
    • Cosponsored H.R. 2255, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, which would make previously unused immigrant visas available to nurses and physicians
  • Expanding access to telehealth
    • Introduced the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act to expand the use and availability of telemedicine
       
  • Protecting the right to abortion
    • Cosponsored the Women's Health Protection Act to advance abortion protections at the federal level
    • Supports fully funding Planned Parenthood and Title X family planning services
       
  • Combating the opioid crisis
    • Cosponsored the Comprehensive Addiction Resources Emergency Act to provide billions in funding to confront the substance use epidemic
       
  • Eliminating health inequities
    • Supports research to increase equality in health outcomes across economic and racial groups