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Vermont's two senators and sole representative presented a united front during a telephone town hall meeting that drew more than 34,000 participants. During a telephone town hall meeting on Wednesday night, Vermont’s small but vocal federal delegation vowed to keep fighting President Donald Trump’s agenda.…

U.S. Postal Service Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s reforms to the Postal Service drew rebukes from government officialsAP File Photo BRATTLEBORO — Vermont's junior senator issued a two-word response to the news that Louis DeJoy, the head of the U.S. Postal Service, intends to step down. "Good…

Three Democratic senators led a letter to Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) personnel Tuesday asking for details on Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) access to disaster victims’ data. In a letter Tuesday to acting FEMA Administrator Cameron Hamilton, Sens. Peter Welch (Vt.), Adam Schiff (Calif.) and Alex Padilla (Calif.)…

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…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today reacted to reporting that Elon Musk’s so called “Department of Government Efficiency,” or DOGE, has started to review disaster recovery grant programs at FEMA, and gained private and sensitive data of disaster victims:   “Disaster-impacted communities in…

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…

WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) released the following statement on the Trump Administration firing January 6th prosecutors at the Department of Justice and reportedly targeting hundreds of F.B.I. agents, including some who investigated the insurrection: “The President wants the Department of Justice to answer…