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GRAND ISLE, VT — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) joined United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development State Director Sarah Waring, National Resources Conservation Services (NRSC) State Conservationist Travis Thomason, and Vermont farmers, conservationists, and community members, to celebrate Earth Day at Savage View Farm in Grand Isle, Vermont.   Run…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) sent a letter this week to United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Under Secretary for Rural Development Xochitl Torres Small, uplifting the concerns of Vermont-based stakeholders in broadband deployment surrounding the USDA’s ReConnect Loan and Grant Program and the Community Connect Grant…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) led a bipartisan group to introduce the Invasive Species Prevention and Forest Restoration Act today. The bill, co-led by Senators Mike Braun (R-Ind.) and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), provides tools to combat non-native insects and pathogens that threaten forests and woodlands.…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today joined Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and U.S. Representative Nydia Velázquez (D-NY-07) for a press conference marking the introduction of the Closing the Meal Gap Act, legislation that would boost support for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) for the…

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) joined Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), U.S. Representative Hank Johnson (D-GA-04), and a bicameral group of colleagues last week to call for an ethics investigation into Justice Clarence Thomas’s failure to disclose luxury travel financed by Republican megadonor…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) joined 240 Members of Congress, led by Senators Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and U.S. Representatives Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY-08), Katherine Clark (D-MA-05), Frank Pallone (D-NJ-06), Jerry Nadler (D-NY-12),…

 Legislation would allow families to use ‘529’ education savings accounts to pay for training programs WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) joined Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Mike Braun (R-Ind.) to reintroduce the Freedom to Invest in Tomorrow’s Workforce Act, bipartisan legislation to allow the…