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Peter Welch: “Congress to stand up.”

Featuring: Peter Welch, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Vermont

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Welch Slams DOGE’s Unlawful USAID Firings and Termination of Billions of Dollars of in Aid.

Published | Video Starts at 00:58

With like 15 minutes of notice, told. To gather up their belongings. They've been working there for decades, and they're told, you're finished. This is actually unconstitutional, and I want. Congress to stand up. We appropriated money for these programs, by the way. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, formerly my colleague in the Senate, played a major role in the passage of these USAID programs, and now he's presiding over their destruction. (00:58–01:01)

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