WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 -- Sen. Peter Welch issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development, Energy, and Credit, this week joined community leaders and residents in Plainfield to discuss ongoing flood recovery efforts and his work to reform the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
Senator Welch discussed his Disaster Assistance Improvement and Decentralization (AID) Act (https://www.welch.senate.gov/welch-unveils-bill-to-reform-fema/), legislation to streamline the road to recovery for disaster-stricken communities and cut red tape by empowering state and local governments to access recovery assistance when it is needed.
"Flood recovery i...