{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.welch.senate.gov/welch-demands-answers-from-attorney-general-bondi-about-trump-administrations-request-for-sensitive-vermont-voter-data/", "Welch Demands Answers from Attorney General Bondi About Trump Administration\u2019s Request for Sensitive Vermont Voter Data", "2025-10-08", "2025", "2025-10", "Democrat", "Senate", "VT", "Peter Welch", "W000800", "www.welch.senate.gov", "welch", "https://www.welch.senate.gov/category/press-release/page/", "scraper", "Sen. Welch: \u201cThere is a point of view that is in dispute here about the fairness of elections. But you have the power as the U.S. Attorney General to use the authority of your office to make demands on states, and you did that with Vermont. That\u2019s within your right to do it. I\u2019m not disputing your legal authority to do it.\u201d\n\nBondi: \u201cIs Vermont disputing turning over the information to our office?\u201d\n\nSen. Welch: \u201cVermont is\u2014the Secretary of State is\u2014and you can resolve that with her.\u201d\n\nBondi: \u201cAnd we have every right to have that information, Senator. Why wouldn\u2019t they want to turn it in?\u201d\n\nSen. Welch: \u201cYou\u2019re a prosecutor with the awesome authority to make the decision that you\u2019re going to start an investigation against a state, or against an individual. And I know from your experience as a county prosecutor and as the Attorney General in Florida, you took seriously that obligation to have a factual basis before you\u2019d proceed, right?\u201d\n\nBondi: \u201cSenator, I take that role, I take my oath very seriously. And I take fair and free elections in this country very seriously.\u201d\n\nSen. Welch: \u201cWe all do.\u201d\n\nBondi: \u201cAnd that information\u2014our office is entitled to have that information. And we are involved in litigation on that, and I assume we\u2019ll be involved in litigation with Vermont.\u201d\n\nSen. Welch: \u201cWhat I\u2019m asking is: do you or does your head of this voting section have any factual basis that you can point to that justifies your demand that Vermont turn over all of this confidential voting rights information?\u201d\n\nBondi: \u201cWell, it would remain confidential with my office\u2026We\u2019ve asked that of every state, Senator.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:32:54Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.welch.senate.gov/welch-demands-answers-from-attorney-general-bondi-about-trump-administrations-request-for-sensitive-vermont-voter-data/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9711410384625196, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}