Senate Agriculture Committee’s Subcommittee on Rural Development and Energy

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…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development, Energy, and Credit, led five Northeastern lawmakers in requesting answers from ISO New England President and CEO Vamsi Chadalavada about how the grid operator plans to protect residential ratepayers from data center-driven price increases. The average residential electricity price increased 13% in first…

MONTPELIER, VT — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development, Energy, and Credit, today joined state and local leaders at Vermont’s annual “NEK Day at the Statehouse” in Montpelier. The Senator met with community members and discussed his work in the U.S. Senate to support and invest in rural America and working families.  …