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Rep. Peter Welch attempted yesterday to eliminate funding for a new bomber program in the 2012 Pentagon budget, directing the funding slated for the program instead to deficit reduction. Late last night, the House voted 92-328 against the Welch amendment.
Vermont's congressional delegation – Sen. Patrick Leahy (D), Sen. Bernie Sanders (I) and Rep. Peter Welch (D) – and Gov. Peter Shumlin (D) on Thursday announced a $1.2 million National Emergency Grant (NEG) from the US Dept of Labor to create jobs for displaced workers and long-term unemployed Vermonters to help with flooding clean-up.
With new technology and mobile devices making it easier to use GPS technology to track the location of individuals, Rep. Peter Welch on Wednesday announced bipartisan House legislation that will catch the law up with rapidly changing technology.
With new technology and mobile devices making it easier to use GPS technology to track the location of individuals, Rep. Peter Welch on Wednesday announced bipartisan House legislation that will catch the law up with rapidly changing technology.
At the Veterans Outreach and Family Resource Center in Bennington Monday, Rep. Peter Welch announced bipartisan legislation to expand the impact of the successful Vermont Guard outreach program that helps veterans returning from deployments in Afghanistan and elsewhere.
At the Veterans Outreach and Family Resource Center in Bennington Monday, Rep. Peter Welch announced bipartisan legislation to expand the impact of the successful Vermont Guard outreach program that helps veterans returning from deployments in Afghanistan and elsewhere.
Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) issued the following statement after President Obama announced that he would release 30 million barrels from the nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR). Welch, along with Reps. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) and Ed Markey (D-Mass.), wrote to the President in February urging him to tap the SPR.
Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) issued the following statement after President Obama announced that he would release 30 million barrels from the nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR). Welch, along with Reps. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) and Ed Markey (D-Mass.), wrote to the President in February urging him to tap the SPR.
Rep. Peter Welch issued the following statement after President Obama's speech on the future of the war in Afghanistan.