Press Release
Sep 13, 2024
WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Chair of the Senate Agriculture Committee’s Subcommittee on Rural Development and Energy, joined the Brookings Center on Regulation and Markets to discuss workforce development opportunities in the clean energy transition. Senator Welch highlighted the advantages…
In The News
Aug 16, 2024
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is providing rural development funding to Vermont. (GettyImages) St. Johnsbury, VT. – Vermont Senator Peter Welch celebrated today as 1.3 million dollars worth of major investments were made by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development toward Vermont communities.…
Press Release
Jul 01, 2024
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Tina Smith (D-Minn.) recently introduced the American Energy Efficiency Act, legislation that would boost the use of cutting-edge technologies to increase energy efficiency capabilities across America. Studies have estimated that a national energy efficiency resource standard…