Disaster Recovery

Welch on Senate Floor Last Week: “We can’t expect our communities—those who are ravaged by disaster—to fight alone.” Welch Joins Senators from Hawai’i, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, California, and Alaska WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) joined Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i) and a…

BURLINGTON, VT – Ahead of the Senate’s return to Capitol Hill for the September session, Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) released the following statement urging his colleagues and congressional leadership to prioritize disaster relief funding in any upcoming spending agreement:   “I have said, time and…

Sen. Peter Welch was in the nation’s capitol today delivering opening remarks to a hearing held by the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee as he tries to get more funding as the state continues to recover from the summer’s floods. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) Washington, D.C. –…