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ST. JOHNSBURY, VT – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Chair of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development and Energy, today celebrated major investments by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development (RD) in Vermont communities, totaling nearly $1.3 million. The announcements include funding to advance economic…

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is providing rural development funding to Vermont. (GettyImages) St. Johnsbury, VT. – Vermont Senator Peter Welch celebrated today as 1.3 million dollars worth of major investments were made by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development toward Vermont communities.…

More than 19,000 Vermonters and Nearly Nine Million Medicare Beneficiaries Nationwide Use at Least One of the 10 Prescription Drugs Selected; New Lower Prices Begin Jan. 1, 2026 BURLINGTON, VT – In an historic moment today, the Biden-Harris Administration announced millions of Medicare enrollees across…

BURLINGTON, VT – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) celebrated the two-year anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act ahead of Friday’s anniversary of the landmark jobs and climate bill. The bill, which includes many policies and provisions championed by Senator Welch when he served as a…

BURLINGTON, VT – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) celebrates Vermont’s Team USA Olympians—Billy Bender, Ilona Maher, and Elle Purrier St. Pierre—as the 2024 Summer Olympic Games conclude and our Olympians return home. Bender, Maher, and St. Pierre competed in the summer Olympic Games, which were…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Rules and Administration and Senate Judiciary Committees, joined U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Chairwoman of the Senate Rules and Administration Committee, and Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Chair of the Senate…

BURLINGTON, VT – Today, the nation celebrates the second anniversary the enactment of the bipartisan Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act, a bill to deliver benefits and care to veterans impacted by toxic exposures from burn pits…