FEMA

Vermont's Congressional delegation is not happy with the job the Federal Emergency Management Response Agency did in the wake of the historic flooding in Vermont in July 2023. The Great Vermont Flood of 2023, as the National Weather Service dubbed it, took two lives. More than 350 family…

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,…

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…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last week, Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) convened leaders in Vermont’s tourism and hospitality industry for a virtual meeting to discuss the challenges businesses in the indus­­try are facing following this summer’s catastrophic flooding, and the federal delegation’s fight push for funding to…

“This is all about climate change,” Welch said of the flood devastation that he observed last week. Sen. Peter Welch listens as firefighter Will Perkins talks about recent flooding in Weston, at the Weston Volunteer Fire Department, Saturday July 15, 2023. Photo by Zachary P.…