US Senate News:
Source: United States Senator Peter Welch (D-Vermont)
BURLINGTON, VT — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, today released the following statement after Senate Republicans unveiled a proposed budget resolution that could lead to major cuts to critical programs like Medicaid and clean energy initiatives while providing trillions in tax breaks to the ultra-wealthy:
“With this plan, Senate Republicans have shown us that their true priority will always be following President Trump’s extremist agenda over doing what’s good for the American people. This blueprint would take a wrecking ball to the progress we’ve made to strengthen and repair our infrastructure, combat climate change, and lower health care costs. This plan also threatens to cut Medicaid and take away the health care that so many Vermonters and folks across America rely on. We will fight this budget plan at every turn to preserve the programs hardworking Vermont families and seniors rely on.”