During his remarks in a Senate hearing this week, Senator Peter Welch got into a heated exchange with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent over the Trump Administration's use of tariffs.

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Ultraconservative Sen. Josh Hawley introduced a bill with Sen. Peter Welch to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour.

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Plaskett took note of how Bessent was interrupting other members of Congress during the hearing and reminded him on how manners work.

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Scott Bessent told lawmakers he has no knowledge of DOGE access to the tax agency’s Integrated Data Retrieval System.