Welch unveils bipartisan legislation to create nationwide energy efficiency program

Monday, 13 February 2012

Rep. Peter Welch today unveiled bipartisan legislation to create a nationwide energy efficiency program that will create jobs, save homeowners money and reduce carbon emissions. The Home Owner Managing Energy Savings (HOMES) Act will provide rebates to homeowners who invest in energy efficiency improvements. Homeowners who demonstrate a 20 percent energy savings will receive a $2,000 rebate. For every 5 percent in...

Leahy, Sanders, Welch: Vermont Veterans Home Makes Short List For Likely VA Funding For E-Medical Records

Friday, 10 February 2012

Senator Patrick Leahy (D), Senator Bernie Sanders (I) and Representative Peter Welch (D) Friday announced that the Vermont Veterans Home (VVH) in Bennington is on a high priority list to receive federal funding for an electronic medical records system from the Department of Veterans Affairs. If approved, more than $790,000 would be awarded for the project, through VA's State Home Co...

Welch cosponsored bill to cut wasteful spending passes House

Wednesday, 8 February 2012

Legislation cosponsored by Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) to eliminate wasteful federal spending passed the U.S. House today by a bipartisan vote of 254 to 173. The bill grants the president a form of line-item veto authority on spending bills that passes constitutional muster. Previous attempts to enact executive line-item veto authority have been struck down by the Supreme Court as un...

Welch outlines federal tax relief available to Vermonters affected by Irene

Monday, 6 February 2012

With Vermonters preparing their tax returns, Rep. Peter Welch today traveled to Waterbury to outline federal tax relief available to Vermont individuals and businesses affected by Tropical Storm Irene. “Irene caused catastrophic damage to many Vermont homes and businesses,” Welch said. “As Vermonters continue working to get back on their feet, they should know there is federal tax relief available to th...

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

Friday, 3 February 2012

Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), and Congressman Peter Welch (D) – announced Friday that grants to nine Vermont agricultural producers, totaling $857,542, will support the agricultural innovation that is helping to shape Vermont’s economic future.  The grants were awarded under a competitive process through the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development’s Value-Added Producer Grant program. Leahy, the most se...

Burlington Free Press: 'Vermont delegation opposes LIHEAP cuts'

Tuesday, 14 February 2012

Vermont's congressional delegation pledged to renew the fight for low-income heating aid following release of President Barack Obama's fiscal 2013 budget proposal on Monday. The spending plan would provide $3 billion for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, which helps families offset some of their heating and cooling costs. The request is $450 million more than Obama requested last year, but Ve...

Rutland Herald: 'Vets home in line for grant to add e-records'

Saturday, 11 February 2012

The Vermont Veterans Home is on a high priority list to receive federal money for an electronic medical records system project, which would cost about $1.2 million, that would make caring for the home's residents easier and more efficient, according to the home's administrator Melissa Jackson. When Dr. Peter King, medical director at the Veterans Administration community-based outpatient clinic in Bennington, co...

Bennington Banner: 'Welch: Medical records upgrade a priority'

Friday, 10 February 2012

Vermont's congressional delegation said Friday that the Vermont Veterans Home is on a high priority list to receive funding from the Department of Veterans Affairs to create an electronic medical records system. U.S. Rep. Peter Welch, a Democrat, told Veterans Home Administrator Melissa Jackson during a visit Friday that the funds are not certain, but very likely to be approved. "I understand th...

VPR: 'Welch Weighs In On Iran'

Thursday, 9 February 2012

(Host) Congressman Peter Welch says there are no simple ways to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon. Welch acknowledges that having the U.S. or Israel take military action to undermine Iran's nuclear program is an option. But he says it has to be evaluated very carefully before it's put into place. (Welch) "You never take any option off the table, but po...

Bennington Banner: 'Bill to give line-item veto to president passes House'

Wednesday, 8 February 2012

The U.S. House approved legislation Wednesday that would grant the president line-item veto power and help control spending, according to proponents. Vermont's Democratic Rep. Peter Welch, a co-sponsor of the Expedited Legislative Line-Item Veto and Rescissions Act, said granting that authority to the president will shed more light on sometimes questionable elements that are included in budgets. "In my view, if you pu...

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