Press ReleaseBipartisan2026-06-23
Welch Applauds Advancement of Bipartisan “PAID OFF Act” to Prevent Foreign Adversaries from Influencing U.S. Policy
Peter Welch
DVT · Senator
Foreign Policy
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This press release from Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) was published on 2026-06-23 and titled "Welch Applauds Advancement of Bipartisan “PAID OFF Act” to Prevent Foreign Adversaries from Influencing U.S. Policy".
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Welch Applauds Advancement of Bipartisan “PAID OFF Act” to Prevent Foreign Adversaries from Influencing U.S. Policy WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) joined U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-Texas), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), John Kennedy (R-La.), and Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) in celebrating the Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s advancement of their Preventing Adversary Influence, Disinformation and Obscured Foreign Financing (PAID OFF) Act. The Senators’ bipartisan legislation would help close Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) loopholes that allow unregistered agents [ ]