FEMA

By U.S. Senator Peter WelchPublished in the New York Times on January 27, 2025 My state of Vermont is still recovering from two catastrophic floods in the past two years. That’s why I agree with President Trump that the Federal Emergency Management Agency is broken…

BURLINGTON, VT – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) this morning published an opinion in the New York Times entitled: “Don’t Kill FEMA. Fix It.” In the Guest Essay, Senator Welch outlined why President Trump’s actions to undermine and potentially dissolve FEMA are misguided—but also committed…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) released the following statement after President Trump said he would consider an Executive Order to ‘get rid of’ the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) while visiting victims of natural disasters today: “FEMA needs reforms, and I’m willing…

Sanders said that — like the rest of the state’s delegation — he supported major disaster relief funding included in the deal, but he was opposed to how lawmakers cut out other policy proposals that had drawn the ire of billionaire Elon Musk. From left:…

Sen. Peter Welch, right, talks with Bruce Kaufman, owner of Riverside Farms, which experienced severe crop losses during the summer floods of 2023 and 2024. Welch says bureaucratic inefficiencies at FEMA have hobbled the recovery process for individuals and municipalities.Peter Hirschfeld/Vermont Public Sen. Peter Welch…