USDA Rural Development

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) this week led Senators Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) and Representatives Becca Balint (VT-At-Large) and Chris Pappas (D-NH-01) this week in calling on the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to study the extent…

ST. JOHNSBURY, VT – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Chair of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development and Energy, today celebrated major investments by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development (RD) in Vermont communities, totaling nearly $1.3 million. The announcements include funding to advance economic…

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…

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…

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…