Disaster Relief Fund | Senator Welch

Press Release

Sep 30, 2023

Welch Votes to Keep the Government Funded, Pass Disaster Aid for Vermont

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Sen. Peter Welch (D-VT) today released the following statement after voting to keep the government funded and replenish the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Disaster Relief Fund with $16 billion: “Today I voted for a Continuing Resolution that keeps the government open,…

CBS News: FEMA funding could halt to communities in need as government shutdown looms: "We can't mess around with this"

With just nine days left to pass crucial legislation and avert a federal government shutdown, the Federal Emergency Management Agency is watching closely. A FEMA budget that's already tight and an impasse in Congress over a bill to keep the government open beyond Sept. 30 — when funding…

Senator Peter Welch, Governor Phil Scott, and Vermont Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets Anson Tebbetts Visit Paul Mazza Fruit & Vegetable to Call for Disaster Relief for Vermont Farmers

ESSEX JUNCTION, VT—Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Vermont Governor Phil Scott, Vermont Secretary of Agriculture Anson Tebbetts, and State and local agriculture stakeholders visited farmer Paul Mazza and his family at the Paul Mazza’s Fruit and Vegetables farm in Essex Junction today to survey extensive damage to…