Senate Agriculture Committee’s Subcommittee on Rural Development and Energy

Bicameral bill would help homeowners make energy efficiency, clean energy upgrades  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 Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and U.S. Representatives Kevin Mullin (D-CA-15) and Mike Levin (D-CA-49) in introducing the E-Access Act of 2026, bicameral legislation…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Committee on Rural Development, Energy, and Credit, joined the Fiber Broadband Association (FBA) for a public policy summit to discuss forward momentum in the deployment of fiber broadband networks to ensure digital equity and enable every community to…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development, Energy, and Credit, alongside U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), today reintroduced the Rural Innovation for a Stronger Economy (RISE) Reauthorization Act, bicameral legislation to reauthorize and improve the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) RISE Program. U.S. Representatives Shomari…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development, Energy, and Credit, alongside U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and U.S. Representative Elise Stefanik (R-NY-21) introduced the Lake Champlain Basin Program Enhancements Act, bipartisan, bicameral legislation that would reauthorize the Lake Champlain Basin Program (LCBP) for five years at $35…

Welch secured funding for 27 Vermont projects, totaling nearly $31 million  Welch partnered with Vermont Congressional Delegation to secure funding for 11 additional Vermont projects, totaling more than $28 million  BURLINGTON, VT – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development, Energy, and Credit, today announced that he has secured $58.68 million in federal funds to support 38 Vermont projects, following the passage of eleven annual appropriations bills for Fiscal…