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On the recordOctober 4, 2023
I'm definitely hoping, as I've said before, that we maintain the budget--we don't cut it for the Federal Defenders.
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Peter Welch
Democratic · Vermont
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Peter Welch advocated for maintaining funding for Federal Defenders.

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