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A pair of bills that would support the maple industry have bipartisan support in the U.S. House and Senate SAINT ALBANS CITY, Vt. — Vermont's congressional delegation is partnering with lawmakers from other maple-producing states on measures aimed at supporting the maple industry. The proposals…

Legislation would codify a USDA pilot program that provides technical assistance to hospitals WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) introduced legislation to help rural hospitals that are at risk of being closed. The Rural Hospital Technical Assistance Program Act would…

Farmers in Vermont and the organizations that serve them are having their livelihoods threatened by the failure of the U.S. Department of Agriculture to honor contracts it signed to pay back farmers for money they are owed, according to Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont. Welch joined with Sen.…

Welch urged Republicans to support USDA’s school nutrition and dairy support programs. WASHINGTON, D.C.—In an Agriculture Committee hearing today focused on U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.)’s Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act, Sen. Welch celebrated Vermont’s dairy farmers and students and called for passage of…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) this week joined Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and 15 of his Democratic colleagues in introducing the Honor Farmer Contracts Act, legislation to release illegally withheld funding for all contracts and agreements previously entered into by the U.S.…