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Press Release2026-04-16

Welch Joins Bicameral Legislation to Shield Home Care Workers from President Trump’s Attacks on Workers’ Rights to Overtime, Minimum Wage

Peter Welch
Peter Welch
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Welch Joins Bicameral Legislation to Shield Home Care Workers from President Trump’s Attacks on Workers’ Rights to Overtime, Minimum Wage

Bill would codify rights to minimum wage and overtime pay for home care workers WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Finance Subcommittee on Health Care, cosponsored the Fair Wages for Home Care Workers Act, bicameral legislation led by U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Andy Kim (D-N.J.), and U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY-14), to codify minimum wage and overtime protections […]
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