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Sen. Peter Welch of Vermont will send a letter to FEMA expressing concern about Musk’s involvement, National Journal has exclusively learned. People from various relief agencies guide people impacted by the wildfires at a FEMA Disaster Recovery Center in Pasadena, California, last month. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent) First…
A GROUP OF state and local politicians (including U.S. Sen. Peter Welch and Gov. Phil Scott in the middle), affordable housing advocates (Gus Seelig next to Welch), Middlebury College officials (Interim President Steve Snyder on left) and developers on Monday each lifted a shovelful of…
Kennedy appeared on Wednesday and Thursday in front of the Senate’s finance and health committees, giving independent Sen. Bernie Sanders and Sen. Peter Welch, a Democrat, a chance to weigh in. Bernie Sanders, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Peter Welch are pictured in Vermont. File…
By U.S. Senator Peter WelchPublished in the New York Times on January 27, 2025 My state of Vermont is still recovering from two catastrophic floods in the past two years. That’s why I agree with President Trump that the Federal Emergency Management Agency is broken…