WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release on June 8: Senator Patrick Leahy (D), Senator Bernie Sanders (I) and Representative Peter Welch (D) on Friday sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig demanding improvements to the Economic Impact Payment program. Delegation offices have heard from many Vermonters who are frustrated that they still have not received their payments and about the IRS's poor communicat  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. Patrick J. Leahy, D-Vermont, issued the following statement: I am joining Senators Booker and Harris, and other leaders in criminal justice and policing reform, to introduce the Justice in Policing Act. The protests that have swept our nation following the murder of yet another black man by an officer of the law have once again laid bare America's long, tragic history of systemic racial injustice. Many communities across the country have recognized that our justice   more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Sen. Patrick J. Leahy, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: All 10 Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee wrote Chairman Graham requesting Attorney General Barr be invited to next week's hearing on police use of force. The senators also requested a separate hearing with the attorney general to discuss the federal government's response to the nationwide protests following the death of George Floyd, including the decision to use tear gas and rubber bullets to  more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Sen. Patrick J. Leahy, D-Vermont, issued the following statement: "This announcement is predictable from a President whose idea of justice is to encourage the police to abuse prisoners, pardon his friends, and override the Pentagon in cases of military justice. The White House accuses the ICC of being 'an ineffective and out-of-control international bureaucracy.' To the contrary, the ICC has successfully prosecuted some of the world's worst war criminals, and has done so   more

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Sen. Patrick J. Leahy, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: Senators Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Dick Durbin (D-IL.) Friday commended the Department of Justice for indicting Gambian national Michael Sang Correa, who was residing in Denver, Colo., for allegedly torturing civilians - including U.S. citizens - in The Gambia. The indictment comes on the heels of a letter both Senators wrote to the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security pressing the agencies to th  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. Patrick J. Leahy, D-Vermont, issued the following news release on June 8: Senator Patrick Leahy (D), Senator Bernie Sanders (I) and Representative Peter Welch (D) on Friday sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig demanding improvements to the Economic Impact Payment program. Delegation offices have heard from many Vermonters who are frustrated that they still have not received their payments and about the IRS's poor commu  more