LIHEAP funding enjoys broad support, and that’s because—in your state and in mine—folks in the winter who are on the margins financially, literally, can’t get by unless they have access to this ...

Sen. Peter Welch celebrated with a glass of milk on the Senate floor after a bill passed that would allow schools to serve ...

Vermont Business Magazine U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vermont), a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, today celebrated the Senate’s unanimous passage of his bipartisan, bicameral Whole Milk ...

SNAP - that's the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program run by the Department of Agriculture - is on track to stop issuing benefits in just a few days. USDA lays the blame on Democrats, who have ...

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Sen. Peter Welch of Vermont about his support for a bill to provide SNAP benefits to recipients in spite of the shutdown.

Last week, U.S. Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) joined Senators Peter Welch (D-VT) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) in introducing ...

The Senate’s unanimous support for the legislation means that only House passage and a presidential signature remain before ...

The Senate on Thursday passed S. 222, the Whole Milk For Healthy Kids Act, which will allow schools to serve whole and 2% fat milk as well as dairy-free alternatives with school meals. The bill ...