Welch talks with Vermont Technical College students.	Welch attends the Simpsons Movie premiere in Springfield.
Welch tours GroSolar in White River Junction.	Former Senator Jim Jeffords joined Welch at VINS in Quechee.

Recent Work in Orange & Windsor Counties

Click on the thumbtacks below to learn more about Congressman Welch’s work in Orange & Windsor Counties. Use the arrows in the upper left corner of the map to navigate and zoom. Yellow thumbtacks represent Welch’s Congress in Your Community events, while green thumbtacks represent other events in Vermont. Click here for a map of Vermont projects funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

Recent News From Windsor & Orange Counties

Vermont awarded $1.8 million to transform abandoned industrial sites across state into community assets

May 9, 2013

US Senators Patrick Leahy and Bernie Sanders and Congressman Peter Welch Wednesday announced that six Vermont organizations will be receiving a share of $1.8 million from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to help assess, clean up, and reuse polluted industrial sites.

Leahy, Sanders and Welch said the EPA’s Brownfields Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup grant program has helped dozens of Vermont communit... Read More

Rutland Herald: 'Welch gets candid about gun control, budget and Boston Marathon attacks'

April 20, 2013

Congressman Peter Welch had a lot on his mind Friday.

Vermont's congressman at-large returned from Washington after a brutal battle over gun control legislation and told up to 20 constituents at the Tuckerbox cafe that the fight is far from over. The Senate tried to pass a bill that would require background checks at gun shows and Internet sales.

The bill required a 60-vote majority in the... Read More

Photo Album: 'White River Junction Congress in Your Community'

April 19, 2013

 

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Photo Album: 'Bethel Congress in Your Community'

April 6, 2013

 

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Associated Press: 'Center in Randolph to help veterans create jobs'

February 5, 2013

Vermont veterans seeking to create or expand small businesses now have access to office support services thanks to a business incubator set aside just for them in Randolph, officials said Monday.

The Vermont Tech Enterprise Center Business Incubator just off Interstate 89 provides the office space and equipment veterans need to do office work or have business meetings.

The space is free to... Read More

• February 4, 2013 — Welch Grant Supports New Veterans' Business Development Center

• January 8, 2013 — Photo Album: 'Randolph Center Congress in Your Community'

• December 11, 2012 — Rutland Herald: 'Vermont way making a difference in Washington'

• December 10, 2012 — Photo Album: 'Windsor Congress In Your Community'

• December 1, 2012 — Photo Album: 'Newbury Congress in Your Community'

• August 29, 2012 — Photo Album: 'Rep. Welch attends We are Vermont Strong Commemorative Gathering'

• August 29, 2012 — Rutland Herald: 'Bartonsville toasts covered bridge rebuilding'

• August 8, 2012 — Photo Album: 'Sharon Congress in Your Community'

• August 4, 2012 — Photo Album: 'Rep. Welch attends Vietnam Veterans Memorial 30th Anniversary'

• June 30, 2012 — Photo Album: 'Rep. Welch visits Randolph Farmers' Market'

• June 16, 2012 — Photo Album: 'Rep. Welch attends Vermont History Expo 2012'

• May 18, 2012 — Bennington Banner: 'Postal Service backs off plan to close facility'

• May 17, 2012 — White River Junction Mail Processing Plant to Stay Open

• April 19, 2012 — Gov. Shumlin, Congressional Delegation announce $11 million for bridge work

• April 10, 2012 — Photo Album: 'Wells River Congress in Your Community'

• April 10, 2012 — Photo Album: 'Bradford Congress in Your Community'

• April 4, 2012 — Photo Album: 'Rep. Welch visits GW Plastics in Bethel'

• April 4, 2012 — Photo Album: 'South Royalton Congress in Your Community'

• March 14, 2012 — Photo Album: 'White River Junction Congress in Your Community'

• March 2, 2012 — Photo Album: 'Springfield Congress in Your Community'

• February 23, 2012 — Sanders, Leahy, Welch, Shumlin Statement on Postal Service Consolidation

• February 4, 2012 — Photo Album: 'Woodstock Congress in Your Community'

• February 3, 2012 — Leahy, Sanders, Welch: Nine Grants To Vt. Firms Will Plow $857,542 Into Strengthening Value-Added Agricultural Innovation

• February 3, 2012 — Leahy, Sanders, Welch: Vermont NeighborWorks Groups Garner $1.2 M. In Grants To Help Vermonters Find, Keep and Maintain Homes And To Cope With Irene's Aftermath

• January 5, 2012 — Times Argus: 'Customers, workers push to save mail facility'

• November 22, 2011 — Photo Album: 'Randolph Congress in Your Community'

• October 22, 2011 — Photo Album: 'Rep. Welch participates in Vermont Clean Up Day'

• October 20, 2011 — Photo Album: 'Rep. Welch speaks at VT Superintendents Association/VT School Boards Association Fall Conference'

• October 10, 2011 — Photo Album: 'Rep. Welch tours flood damage in Rochester'

• October 8, 2011 — Photo Album: 'Rep. Welch attends Castleton State/Norwich Football Game'

• September 1, 2011 — Photo Album: 'Rep. Welch tours flood damage in Windsor and Brattleboro'

• August 31, 2011 — Photo Album: 'Rep. Welch tours flood damage in South Royalton, Northfield, Waitsfield, and Waterbury'

• August 29, 2011 — Welch statement on tropical storm Irene

• August 18, 2011 — Ten Vt. Farms And Businesses Net Energy-Saving Grants

• August 8, 2011 — Photo Album: 'Rep. Welch visits Springfield Community Health Center site'

• August 8, 2011 — Photo Album: 'Rep. Welch visits IVEK in Springfield'

• August 8, 2011 — Photo Album: 'Springfield Congress in Your Community'

• July 26, 2011 — Burlington Free Press: 'FEMA approves public aid for three Vermont counties'

• June 29, 2011 — Photo Album: 'Rep. Welch meets with Vermont National Guard families'

• November 20, 2010 — Photo Album: "Rep. Welch visits the Upper Valley Haven"

• November 10, 2010 — Burlington Free Press: "Vermont rail improvements begin"

• October 8, 2010 — Health Care Law Invests in Vermont Primary Care

• August 4, 2010 — $116 M. Stimulus Grant And Loan Is Targeted To Bring Wireless Broadband To Large Swath Of Vermont’s Unserved Homes And Businesses

• July 22, 2010 — Rutland Herald: "Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller Park could expand, under new legislation"

• July 21, 2010 — Vermont Delegation Introduces Legislation To Expand the Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park

• July 16, 2010 — Welch in Bradford Saturday for Conneticut Valley Fair

• June 30, 2010 — Vermont Congressional Delegation Announces Payments To Local Vermont Governments For Tax-Exempt Federal Lands

• June 18, 2010 — Photo Album: "Rep. Welch visits Mt. Tom Farmer's Market in Woodstock"

• May 6, 2010 — House passes Welch’s bipartisan, job-creating Home Star bill

• May 3, 2010 — Photo Album: "Windsor Congress in Your Community"

• May 3, 2010 — Photo Album: "Rep. Welch Highlights Homestar Energy Retrofit Act at JELD-WEN Inc"

• May 3, 2010 — Photo Album: "Rep. Welch Visits Harpoon Brewery in Windsor VT"

• April 5, 2010 — Welch announces $450,000 in funding for Smart Grid program at Vermont Law School

• April 5, 2010 — Photo Album: "Welch announces $450,000 in funding for Smart Grid program at Vermont Law School"

• December 19, 2009 — Photo Album: "Randolph Center Congress in Your Community"

• November 5, 2009 — Valley News: "Welch on Health Care, Again"

• October 18, 2009 — Rutland Herald: "Welch defends health care stance"

• October 18, 2009 — Valley News: "Welch Holds Health Care Forum"

• October 17, 2009 — Photo Album: Welch holds the second of two Congressional Forums on Health Care in White River Junction

• September 21, 2009 — Photo Album: "Welch outlines plan to increase Social Security benefits for seniors"

• September 18, 2009 — Photo Album: "Springfield Congress in Your Community"

• September 2, 2009 — Welch tackles college affordability at financial aid roundtable

• June 4, 2009 — Welch calls on Sec. Shinseki to reconsider outsourcing of VA services from Vermont

• May 22, 2009 — Welch, Hodes introduce legislation to protect Upper Connecticut River Valley

• April 23, 2009 — Video: Rep. Peter Welch honors Edgar May on House floor

• April 6, 2009 — Welch seeks funding for 29 Vermont projects

• March 18, 2009 — Welch brings Vermont voices to budget hearing

• February 27, 2009 — Welch outlines stimulus bill’s impact on Vermont’s green economy Friday in White River Junction

• January 9, 2009 — Congressional Delegation Nominates 19 Vermont Students to Service Academies

• August 18, 2008 — Vermont Delegation Hails Plan To Open New Rural Health Resource Center At The White River Junction VA Hospital

• April 7, 2008 — EPA Grants $1 Million for Vermont Cleanup

• March 3, 2008 — Welch discusses state’s nursing shortage, announces $341,000 for Norwich program

• February 11, 2008 — Cong. Delegation announces funding for White River VA expansion

• January 2, 2008 — Welch announces $235,000 in federal funding for Windham County's Big Brothers Big Sisters program

• December 21, 2007 — Welch nominates 22 students for service academies

• July 20, 2007 — Welch secures funding to expand Norwich nursing program by fifty-percent

• June 11, 2007 — Rep. Welch and Rep. Hodes Introduce Bill to Fund Conservation Efforts in the Upper Connecticut River Valley

• May 14, 2007 — EPA Grants $1.3 Million for Vermont Cleanup