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Aug 28, 2024
Funding Provided Through NPS’ Semiquincentennial Grant Program, Preserving Historic Landmarks to Commemorate the 250th Anniversary of the Founding of the United States TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM, VT – Following advocacy by Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), and Representative Becca Balint (VT-At Large), the…
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Aug 27, 2024
BURLINGTON, VT – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Commerce Committee, today recognized Vermont’s esteemed research institutions for receiving an accumulative $8,603,831 in investments from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF). The awards were granted by the NSF this fiscal cycle…
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Aug 22, 2024
BURLINGTON, VT – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today celebrated major investments by the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) Office of Justice Programs to support public safety and rehabilitation community projects in Vermont, totaling over $3.1 million. The…
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Aug 16, 2024
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…
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Aug 16, 2024
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.…
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Aug 15, 2024
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…
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Aug 15, 2024
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…