Press Release
Jan 26, 2024
MIDDLESEX, VT – Today, Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, visited the Roots Farm Market in Middlesex to discuss the recently introduced Withstanding Extreme Agricultural Threats by Harvesting Economic Resilience (WEATHER) Act. The WEATHER Act would require USDA to develop…
In The News
Jan 26, 2024
Flood waters remain on the destroyed fields at the Intervale Community Farm, July 17, 2023, in Burlington, Vt. Legislation introduced in December 2023 by Vermont U.S. Sens. Peter Welch and Bernie Sanders, and senators from Massachusetts, aims to create an insurance program better suited to…
Press Release
Jan 25, 2024
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) led Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Edward Markey (D-Mass.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) today in introducing the Consumer Advocacy and Protection (CAP) Act, legislation to enhance consumer protection and ensure the Consumer Product Safety Commission…
Press Release
Jan 24, 2024
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today celebrated the announcement of $3.7 million in grants from U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to seven clean energy projects across Vermont. The investments are funded through USDA’s Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) and will work to…
Press Release
Jan 24, 2024
Sponsors of Legislation to Regulate Digital Platforms Call for Necessary Action to Protect Americans WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) joined Sens. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.),and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) in writing to U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) to call…