Peter Welch: “This institution of Congress and the House and the Senate is seen rightly by Americans as totally dysfunctional.”

Do the right thing. Reverse your decision to idle the St. Albans plant and creamery.

DFA has a responsibility to the workers, farmers, and community members who have built and supported this facility for generations.

We urge the Department to resume its vigorous defense of the NFA and fulfill the promises you made to defend the constitutionality of laws passed by Congress and keep Americans safe.

But for most of the country, including Vermont, it’s invisible. Life goes on.