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Photo by Mike YantachkaFrom left, Sen. Peter Welch; Sarah Waring of the U.S. Department of Agriculture; and Ted Brady, executive director of the Vermont League of Cities and Towns, celebrate Charlotte’s piloting of loan program in funding for town garage solar power panels. On Monday,…

ISLAND POND, VT — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Chair of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development and Energy, today joined NEK Broadband, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development officials, broadband advocates, customers, workers, and State and local leaders to announce that NEK…

Northeast Kingdom Broadband held a celebration Wednesday to announce the latest funding the communications union district had received and commemorate the progress made in building out high-speed internet service across the region. A large contingent gathered at NEK Broadband’s facility in Island Pond to announce…

WOODSTOCK, VT — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today met with students from Woodstock Union High School about his work in Congress and the importance of civic engagement. While at King Farm, Senator Welch also met with the Vermont Land Trust (VLT) and discussed the…

BETHEL, VT — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Chair of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development and Energy, joined representatives from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to tour the White River National Fish Hatchery (NFH) and discuss the importance of the hatchery’s…

CHARLOTTE, VT– U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Chair of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development and Energy, joined the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development, Vermont Bond Bank, and community leaders to celebrate Vermont’s first Rural Energy Savings Program (RESP) loan from the…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), and U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today wrote to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland asking the Department of Justice to investigate whether Elon Musk, through his political action committee America PAC,…