Flood Recovery

“Spending down next year’s funds early, especially as we deal with more catastrophic weather, threatens to create a perfect storm by our next funding deadline,” U.S. Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vt., said of the deal Wednesday night. Kaycen Hedges tries to clear mud from Third Street…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) took to the Senate Floor last night to call for the passage of supplemental disaster aid for Vermont and other communities that have been impacted by natural disasters. In his remarks, Sen. Welch also urged his colleagues to…

TOWN OF BARRE, VT – On Wednesday, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) met with local leaders to discuss efforts to address the hunger crisis in Vermont, and toured a site of a summer meal program that provides nutritious meals to all children, at no cost…

On Tuesday, work crews resumed the damage recovery effort in Barnet Village. (Photo by Robert Blechl) BARNET VILLAGE — On Tuesday, as part of his flood damage tour to Vermont communities ravaged by last week’s rains, U.S. Peter Welch, D-VT, visited Barnet Village, where he…

“I can’t believe we’re here again,” the senator told city officials as he stood on a muddy sidewalk along Second Street, which was devastated by flooding last year and flooded again this week. U.S. Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, third from right, visits a flood-damaged neighborhood…