Welch, Gillibrand Introduce 'RISE Reauthorization Act' to Improve and Expand USDA Grant Program, Create Jobs in Rural America
May 15, 2024
May 15, 2024
WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release:
Today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Chair of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development and Energy, and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) introduced the Rural Innovation for a Stronger Economy (RISE) Reauthorization Act, a bill to reauthorize and improve the U.S. Department of Agriculture's RISE Program. Created in 2018, the RISE program provides federal grant funding to r . . .
Today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Chair of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development and Energy, and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) introduced the Rural Innovation for a Stronger Economy (RISE) Reauthorization Act, a bill to reauthorize and improve the U.S. Department of Agriculture's RISE Program. Created in 2018, the RISE program provides federal grant funding to r . . .