Press Release
May 01, 2024
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Senate Agriculture Committee unveiled the Rural Prosperity and Food Security Act, a multi-year Farm Bill proposal that includes several bills championed by U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Chair of the Senate Agriculture Committee’s Subcommittee on Rural Development and Energy, to…
Press Release
May 01, 2024
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Senate Agriculture Committee unveiled the Rural Prosperity and Food Security Act, a multi-year Farm Bill proposal that includes several bills championed by U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Chair of the Senate Agriculture Committee’s Subcommittee on Rural Development and Energy, to…
Press Release
May 01, 2024
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Chair of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development and Energy, and U.S. Representative Summer Lee (D-Pa.-12) led U.S. Senators Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Tina Smith (D-Minn.) in introducing the Future Farmers and Ranchers of Tomorrow…
Press Release
Apr 30, 2024
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today joined Public Knowledge, FCC Commissioners Anna Gomez and Geoffrey Starks, U.S. National Economic Council Deputy Director Jon Donenberg, and broadband access advocates at the Shaw Neighborhood Library in Washington, D.C., to rally support for the extension…
Press Release
Apr 30, 2024
Welch’s funding request moving forward ACP will be reduced to $14 monthly in May, will be depleted after May without action by Congress WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today released the following statement on the future of the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) and new…