USDA Rural Development | Senator Welch

Press Release

Jul 26, 2024

Welch Celebrates More Than $1 Million for Clean Energy Projects in Vermont Funded by USDA’s Rural Energy for America Program

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…

Welch Introduces Rural Recovery Act to Provide Funding for Emergency Recovery Technical Assistance After Disasters Hit

WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Chair of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development and Energy, introduced the Rural Recovery Act, legislation that will create a new program at U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development (RD) to provide RD…

Welch Leads Bipartisan Colleagues in Requesting Standard Funding for USDA RD’s Community Facilities Program and the Water and Waste Disposal Program

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today led a bipartisan group of colleagues in calling on the Senate Appropriations Committee to return to robustly funding the standard Community Facilities Program and the Water and Waste Disposal Program at the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development (USDA…