Marsh Palin

WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, CBS Mornings highlighted Vermont’s fight for flooding relief and recovery from the federal government, and interviewed Sen. Peter Welch (D-VT) on the need for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Disaster Relief Fund to be replenished following a summer of…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a Joint Economic Committee hearing this week, Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) called for strengthening public-private partnerships to support job training and apprenticeship opportunities in the green energy sector. “We need to get more folks trained—including in the trades. There is some money in…

With just nine days left to pass crucial legislation and avert a federal government shutdown, the Federal Emergency Management Agency is watching closely. A FEMA budget that's already tight and an impasse in Congress over a bill to keep the government open beyond Sept. 30 — when funding…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) today joined Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Sen. Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-KS) and small business owners to call for the passage of the Credit Card Competition Act, bipartisan legislation that would support small businesses and merchants in…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last night on the floor of the U.S. Senate, Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) called on his colleagues to support Vermont farmers, families and communities by passing supplemental disaster aid and replenishing the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Disaster Relief Fund.   “We’ve got…