Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) last week led a group of senators in calling on Congress to provide robust funding for energy efficiency and climate resilience investments across the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in the upcoming Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25)…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) this week led his colleagues in calling on the Senate Appropriations Committee to fully fund the Substance Use Prevention, Treatment and Recovery Services (SUBG) Block Grant program in the upcoming Fiscal Year (FY25) 2025 Labor, Health, and Human Services,…

BURLINGTON, VT –  Today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) convened Vermont business owners and employers for a roundtable in Burlington, Vermont, on the rising costs of health care and prescription drugs. The roundtable comes ahead of Sen. Welch’s participation in a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing next Tuesday examining prescription…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) this week led nearly every Senate Democrat in calling on Congress to fund the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation (NeighborWorks America) in the upcoming FY25 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) Appropriations Bill. As a congressionally chartered national…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) led a group of senators in calling on Congress to fund the Community Forest and Open Space Conservation Program (Community Forest Program or CFP) in the upcoming FY25 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill. Created in the 2008…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Wednesday evening, Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Chair of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development and Energy, delivered remarks on the Senate Floor urging Congress to work together to advance the Senate’s recently-unveiled Farm Bill, the Rural Prosperity and Food Security Act.…