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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last night on the floor of the U.S. Senate, Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) called on his colleagues to support Vermont farmers, families and communities by passing supplemental disaster aid and replenishing the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Disaster Relief Fund.   “We’ve got…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following catastrophic flooding in Vermont, Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), and Representative Becca Balint (D-Vt.) today introduced the Building Up Farmland Frontiers for Ecological Resilience (BUFFER) Act, legislation that would ensure all states, including Vermont, can access Conservation Reserve…

WASHINGTON – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.), and Rep. Becca Balint (VT-AL) on Monday sent a letter to majority, minority, and Appropriations Committee leadership in the Senate and House of Representatives urging them to ensure that Congress passes federal funding for essential…

BURLINGTON, VT – Senators Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Representative Becca Balint (Vt.-AL) today announced five Vermont organizations received federal investments through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Community Facilities Grants, which support and strengthen rural development in Vermont and across America.  The USDA Community Facilities Grants will…

WASHINGTON—Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) sent a letter today to the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO), calling on the office to study interagency data collection on areas of the country that are unserved or underserved by water and wastewater infrastructure. By…