FEMA

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, led U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), and Ed Markey (D-Mass.) in calling on the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Inspector General (IG) to investigate all complaints the IG has received regarding FEMA. In their letter, the Senators raise concerns about allegations…

WASHINGTON, D.C.— U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today welcomed the firing of Kristi Noem as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The President’s ousting of Noem comes just days after Senator Welch grilled the outgoing DHS Secretary about her disastrous and corrupt tenure as the head of DHS and condemned her inhumane and incompetent leadership at…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, today grilled Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem about how her mismanagement of taxpayer dollars and poor leadership over DHS have led to a complete loss of the American people’s confidence in her…

PLAINFIELD, VT — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development, Energy, and Credit, this week joined community leaders and residents in Plainfield to discuss ongoing flood recovery efforts and his work to reform the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).   Senator Welch discussed his Disaster Assistance Improvement and Decentralization (AID) Act, legislation to streamline…

Senators: “FEMA has long struggled to recruit and train enough skilled workers, a problem that the current Administration’s policies and decisions has exacerbated.”  WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development, Energy, and Credit, joined U.S. Senator Andy Kim (D-N.J.), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security Subcommittee on…