Welch gets a milkshake at the Inside Scoop in Brandon during a Congress in Your Community event.	Welch talks with firefighters at the Rutland City Fire Department.
Welch holds a Congress in Your Community meeting in Middlebury.	Welch talks to farmers during a meeting on the dairy crisis at Addison County Field Days.

Recent Work in Addison & Rutland Counties

Click on the thumbtacks below to learn more about Congressman Welch’s work in Addison & Rutland 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 Addison & Rutland Counties

Vermont Harvests 6th Largest Share Of New Rural Renewable Energy Grants And Loans

November 9, 2010

Vermont's Congressional Delegation – Senator Patrick Leahy (D), Senator Bernie Sanders (I) and Congressman Peter Welch (D) – reported Tuesday that 18 Vermont farms and rural businesses will share $3,750,930 in grants and loans to support energy efficiency improvements and renewable energy projects. The loans and grants are being made through the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Energy for America Program (REAP).

Th... Read More

Welch to continue Main Street Jobs Tour in Rutland

October 12, 2010

Today Rep. Peter Welch will continue his statewide Main Street Jobs Tour in Rutland, highlighting legislation for which he is fighting to support Vermont's downtown businesses. This will be the fourth stop in Welch's Main Street Jobs Tour. His previous visits were in St. Albans, Brattleboro, and Vergennes.

During the tour, Welch will speak with local store owners about his Main Street Jobs agenda and solicit further ideas about how he can support Vermont businesses and create jobs. He ... Read More

Vermont Delegation Announces Recovery Act Funding For Rehabilitation Work At Rutland Free Library

September 24, 2010

Senator Patrick Leahy (D), Senator Bernie Sanders (I) and Congressman Peter Welch (D) report that U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack Friday made it official that the Rutland Free Library will receive $663,000 in federal support for repair of the library's roof. The funding -- a $200,000 grant and $463,000 loan -- comes through the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Community Facilities Program as part of the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act, ... Read More

Vermont Agencies Share $4.7 Million for Energy Efficiency

August 19, 2010

Five agencies in Vermont will receive about $4.7 million to provide solar thermal and solar hot water technologies for Vermont families, Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) announced today.

The funds also may be used to promote bulk buying strategies and cooperative partnerships in buying solar technologies in order to lower the costs of materials. Community-based marketing app... Read More

New Navigation Systems At Rutland Southern Vermont Regional Airport Will Make Air Travel Safer And More Reliable

August 19, 2010

During a news conference highlighting successes at the Rutland Southern Vermont Regional Airport Thursday afternoon, Senator Patrick Leahy told Rutland area leaders and airport officials that he and Congressman Peter Welch have secured a new $925,000 federal appropriation to install an Instrument Landing System (ILS) at the airport that will make coming and going at the airport safer and more reliable.

Leahy, Welch, the Rutla... Read More

• August 18, 2010 — New $5.5 M. Stimulus Award Will Deliver Faster Broadband To Rural Waitsfield Champlain Valley Telecom Customers

• August 18, 2010 — Burlington Free Press: "Vermont company wins $5.5 million broadband grant"

• August 5, 2010 — Photo Album: "Bristol Congress in Your Community"

• August 4, 2010 — Photo Album: "Welch visits Blue Spruce Farm"

• August 4, 2010 — Photo Album: Welch visits Nathaniel Electronics in Vergennes

• July 15, 2010 — Rutland Herald: "Welch: Rutland vets spark for bill"

• July 14, 2010 — Welch introduces veterans bill based on Rutland roundtable feedback

• July 8, 2010 — Rutland Herald: "Welch roundtable focuses on mental health services for veterans"

• July 7, 2010 — Rutland Congress in Your Community

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

• June 19, 2010 — Photo Album: "Brandon Congress in Your Community"

• June 19, 2010 — Photo Album: "Rep. Welch visits Rutland County Farmer's Market in Rutland"

• June 14, 2010 — Rutland Project Wins $4.5 Million Energy Grant

• June 14, 2010 — Rutland Herald: "County agency gets $4.5M for energy retrofits"

• May 26, 2010 — Vermont Delegation Announces Grants For Three Vermont Towns

• May 17, 2010 — Rutland Herald: "Welch adverse to Wall Street inflation of oil"

• May 16, 2010 — Times Argus: "CSC students told they are 'needed'"

• May 16, 2010 — Rutland Herald: "College announces $400,000 fed grant"

• May 14, 2010 — At Rutland gas station, Welch calls for energy speculation crackdown

• May 14, 2010 — Photo Album: "Fair Haven Congress in Your Community"

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

• May 4, 2010 — Rutland Herald: "Welch drums up support for his energy efficiency bill"

• April 1, 2010 — Photo Album: "Welch tours Stafford Technical Center in Rutland"

• April 1, 2010 — Photo Album: "Welch discusses health care reform with Rutland medical providers"

• March 22, 2010 — Rutland Herald: "'A first step'"

• March 11, 2010 — Rutland Herald: "Rep. Welch decries GOP stalling tactics"

• February 5, 2010 — Rutland Herald: "Let's get moving"

• January 30, 2010 — Rutland Herald: "Welch makes rounds in Rutland"

• January 16, 2010 — Rutland Herald: "Yankee contamination worsens"

• January 8, 2010 — GE in Rutland Wins $12 Million Clean Energy Stimulus

• January 5, 2010 — Rutland Herald: "Welch: Legislation may ease crunch in jobs fund"

• December 23, 2009 — Rutland Herald: "Welch vows to fight for changes to health bill"

• December 23, 2009 — Rutland Herald: "Just grand: Rutland breaks own blood drive record"

• December 21, 2009 — Addison County Independent: "Emergency aid arrives for local dairy farmers"

• December 20, 2009 — Rutland Herald: "Menduni joins Welch's staff as liaison"

• December 11, 2009 — Welch hires community liaison from Rutland

• November 19, 2009 — Rutland Herald: "A boost for buttoning up"

• November 9, 2009 — Rutland Herald: "Welch defends health-care legislation"

• November 1, 2009 — Rutland Herald: "Rutland parade is the big 5-oh!"

• October 31, 2009 — Photo Album: Killington Congress in Your Community

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

• October 3, 2009 — Rutland Herald: "Welch holds constituent conference call on issues"

• September 29, 2009 — Audio: Rutland County Telephone Town Hall

• September 8, 2009 — Welch announces regional Telephone Town Halls

• May 16, 2009 — Welch delivers commencement speech at Green Mountain College

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

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

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

• March 24, 2008 — At Leahy-led hearing, Welch calls for federal support to combat rural crime

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

• September 21, 2007 — Welch takes on veteran homelessness

• September 13, 2007 — Rutland Air Service Maintained As USDOT Grants Cape Air Two-Year Contract Under The Federal Essential Air Service Program

• June 20, 2007 — Barre City and Addison Rutland Supervisory Union awarded nearly $2M to improve teaching of American history

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

• April 25, 2007 — Vermont Disaster Declaration Request: Vt. Delegation's Letter to President Bush

• January 5, 2007 — Bill Honoring Late Senator Stafford Clears House, Goes To President