WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release on Aug. 17, 2023: Senators Peter Welch (D-VT) and Cory Booker (D-NJ) sent a letter today to the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO), calling on the office to study interagency data collection on areas of the country that are unserved or underserved by water and wastewater infrastructure. By some estimates, more than 2 million Americans lack access to safe drinking water and sanitation. "This   more

BURLINGTON, Vermont, Aug. 17 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release on Aug. 16, 2023: Today, Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) commemorated the one-year anniversary of the enactment of the Inflation Reduction Act, a transformative climate and economic legislative package that has lowered costs for working families, created jobs, and spurred the green energy transition in Vermont and in communities across the United States. "The passage of the Inflation Reduction Act was a w  more

RICHMOND, Vermont, Aug. 15 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release on Aug. 14, 2023: Today, Senator Peter Welch (D-VT), member of the Senate Agriculture Committee and Chair of the Rural Development and Energy Subcommittee, joined Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) in welcoming Robert Bonnie, the Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), to Vermont to assess damage to local farms impacted by the July 2023 flooding.   more

RANDOLPH, Vermont, Aug. 16 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release on Aug. 15, 2023: This morning, Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) addressed the Vermont Council on Rural Development's (VCRD) 2023 Vermont Community Leadership Summit in Randolph, Vermont. The Senator spoke to approximately 500 attendees at the Vermont State University Randolph, including small business leaders, organizers, and local leaders, about the importance of building and supporting a strong community,  more

BURLINGTON, Vermont, Aug. 16 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following statement on Aug. 15, 2023: * * * Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) issued the following statement in reaction to former President Donald Trump's indictment by a grand jury in a Fulton County, Georgia, case investigating a criminal conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election: "Donald Trump's apparent willingness to bend our democracy to its breaking point for his own personal gain is heartbreaking. "The case outlined by   more