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WASHINGTON, D.C. – While questioning witnesses during the second day of the confirmation hearing for U.S. Attorney General Nominee Pamela Bondi, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) questioned legal and ethics experts, as well as former colleagues of Ms. Bondi, about the pressure she will face…

Bessent Agrees to Work with Welch on Credit Card Swipe Fees WASHINGTON, D.C. – In his first Senate Finance Committee hearing today, Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) questioned Scott Bessent, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to be the Secretary of the United States Treasury Department, about the…

Courtesy of J. Scott Applewhite/APSen. Peter Welch, D-Vt., speaking at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, May 11, 2023. People around the world welcomed news that Israel and Hamas have reached a ceasefire agreement after months of negotiations. While technical…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, questioned U.S. Attorney General Nominee Pamela Bondi about high costs of health care in rural America, specifically referencing recent reports detailing how insurers have cheated taxpayers out of billions…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, questioned U.S. Attorney General Nominee Pamela Bondi on President-elect Trump’s threats against political opponents. Ms. Bondi committed to Welch that at the Department of Justice, under her leadership, “No…

Vermont is one of two states without a Residential Reentry Center  WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today questioned U.S. Attorney General Nominee Pamela Bondi at her confirmation hearing. In addition to pressing Ms. Bondi on…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today joined Senators Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), John Hickenlooper (D-Colo), Angus King (I-Maine), Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), and Mark Warner (D-Va.) in unveiling an amendment…