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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) introduced the Hold Corporate Criminals Accountable Act, bipartisan legislation to increase public transparency and accountability by allowing courts to consider the public interest in approving corporate criminal settlement agreements that don’t involve a…
Sen. Peter Welch, right, talks with Bruce Kaufman, owner of Riverside Farms, which experienced severe crop losses during the summer floods of 2023 and 2024. Welch says bureaucratic inefficiencies at FEMA have hobbled the recovery process for individuals and municipalities.Peter Hirschfeld/Vermont Public Sen. Peter Welch…
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy just received another nasty-gram from Vermont’s congressional delegation, one of whom made a pit stop in Montpelier on Tuesday to give voice to their shared call for the return of a fully functioning post office to the Capital City. Joined by…