Press Release
Feb 07, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today reacted to reporting that Elon Musk’s so called “Department of Government Efficiency,” or DOGE, has started to review disaster recovery grant programs at FEMA, and gained private and sensitive data of disaster victims: “Disaster-impacted communities in…
In The News
Jan 27, 2025
By U.S. Senator Peter WelchPublished in the New York Times on January 27, 2025 My state of Vermont is still recovering from two catastrophic floods in the past two years. That’s why I agree with President Trump that the Federal Emergency Management Agency is broken…
Press Release
Jan 27, 2025
BURLINGTON, VT – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) this morning published an opinion in the New York Times entitled: “Don’t Kill FEMA. Fix It.” In the Guest Essay, Senator Welch outlined why President Trump’s actions to undermine and potentially dissolve FEMA are misguided—but also committed…
Press Release
Jan 24, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) released the following statement after President Trump said he would consider an Executive Order to ‘get rid of’ the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) while visiting victims of natural disasters today: “FEMA needs reforms, and I’m willing…
In The News
Dec 23, 2024
Sanders said that — like the rest of the state’s delegation — he supported major disaster relief funding included in the deal, but he was opposed to how lawmakers cut out other policy proposals that had drawn the ire of billionaire Elon Musk. From left:…