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Sen. Welch promotes new Rural Prosperity and Food Security Act
WCAX-TV Vermont· 8 hours agoSenator Peter Welch is reaping what he sows as he touts the Senate’s latest farm bill. The Rural...
Welch calls for independent tech agency to protect data
WCAX-TV Vermont· 3 days agoVermont Sen. Peter Welch is calling for the creation of an independent agency to protect small...
Senators Bernie Sanders, Peter Welch join lawmakers in calling for more federal disaster funds
WPTZ Burlington· 2 days agoVermont Senators Bernie Sanders and Peter Welch joined with nine other senators from states impacted...
In the Aging Senate, 80-Somethings Seeking Reelection Draw Little Criticism
The New York Times via Yahoo News· 47 minutes agoSenate, the gerontocracy remains alive and well — and little commented upon. The recent news that...
Vermont Senator Peter Welch renews calls for long-term disaster relief funding
WAMC Northeast Public Radio· 4 days agoIn the wake of catastrophic disasters in each of their states in 2023, two Democratic U.S. Senators are calling on their peers to pass long-term relief funding. In July 2023, Vermont ...
Welch bill calls for baby changing stations on Amtrak
WCAX-TV Vermont· 2 days agoVermont Sen. Peter Welch wants to make it easier for parents who take the train with their little...
Vermont delegation pushes to keep high-speed internet affordable
WCAX-TV Vermont· 2 days agoA federal program keeping people connected to the internet could go dark. Since the pandemic, the...
Sanders, Welch, Balint say FEMA must do better responding to future disasters
The Burlington Free Press via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThe Great Vermont Flood of 2023, as the National Weather Service dubbed it, took two lives. More......
Vermont congressional delegation calls on FEMA to improve flood recovery efforts
Valley News· 4 days agoVermont’s congressional delegation on Thursday called on the Federal Emergency Management Agency to address shortcomings it said residents faced accessing federal assistance ...
PRO Act passes — in Vermont
Politico· 4 days agoWith help from Eleanor Mueller BEN AND UNIONIZE: Vermont lawmakers last week gave final passage to a series of progressive labor reforms that backers have dubbed the Green ...