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Jul 10, 2025
Welch’s Disaster AID Act filed on the anniversaries of Vermont’s July 2023 and July 2024 floods Legislation would cut red tape and improve processes for FEMA’s Public Assistance and long-term recovery efforts WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today introduced the Disaster Assistance Improvement and…
Press Release
Jul 09, 2025
Welch Defends Corporation for Public Broadcasting, National Public Radio, Public Broadcasting Service WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, spoke out against President Trump’s request to cut $9.4 billion in federal funding—which was already appropriated by…
Press Release
Jul 09, 2025
Welch also joined letter to DHS requesting information about ICE’s use of unidentified plainclothes agents WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) joined U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) in cosponsoring new legislation to require immigration enforcement officers to display clearly…
Press Release
Jul 08, 2025
**THURSDAY** Introduction of the Disaster Assistance Improvement and Decentralization (AID) Act will mark the anniversaries of catastrophic flooding across Vermont on July 10-11, 2023, and July 10-11, 2024 WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) will hold a Pen and Pad with reporters this Thursday to…
In The News
Jul 08, 2025
Vermont Sen. Peter Welch held a listening session about flood recovery at the Barre Social Club on Monday, July 7. Photo by Terry J. Allen. Marking the anniversary of the catastrophic floods of 2023 and 2024, Sen. Peter Welch has been barnstorming across Vermont to…
Press Release
Jul 07, 2025
Welch held a Listening Session in Barre with flood-impacted Vermonters BARRE, VT — Today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) met with flood-impacted Vermonters and community leaders in Barre and Montpelier and discussed the need to pass legislation to reform the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Last…
Press Release
Jul 03, 2025
Welch Meets with Vermonters in Killington, Ludlow, and Weston to Discuss His New Bill to Reform FEMA
KILLINGTON, VT — This week in Killington, Ludlow, and Weston, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) unveiled his new bill, the Disaster Assistance Improvement and Decentralization (AID) Act, and met with flood-impacted Vermonters and community members to discuss the importance of reforming FEMA’s long-term recovery process,…