Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development, Energy, and Credit, joined U.S. Representatives Marilyn Strickland (D-WA-10) and Alma Adams (D-NC-12) in reintroducing the bicameral Capital for Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Act, legislation to…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Chair of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development and Energy, was joined by Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), and Ben Cardin (D-Md.) in introducing the Renewable Energy Certainty Act, legislation…

ISLAND POND, VT — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Chair of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development and Energy, today joined NEK Broadband, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development officials, broadband advocates, customers, workers, and State and local leaders to announce that NEK…

BURLINGTON, VT – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Chair of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development and Energy, today celebrated the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) announcement of more than $1.12 million to Vermont for renewable energy and energy efficiency improvements. The funding…

Balint introduced companion legislation in the House  WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Chair of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development and Energy, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), a senior and longtime member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer…