Senate Judiciary Committee

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and the Senate’s only former Public Defender, alongside U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, led a group of 26 Senators in calling on the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government leadership to provide…

Welch: “Let me say this clearly, let me say it slowly, and let me say it directly: President Trump has, since January 6th, pursued an all-out effort to continue his dispute that he lost that election.”    WASHINGTON, D.C.—In a subcommittee hearing today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, cosponsored the Rehabilitation through Reading Act, legislation led by U.S. Senator Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO-05), to expand library resources and services to support the education and skills training of incarcerated Americans to improve opportunities upon their…

WASHINGTON, D.C.— U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition, and Consumer Rights, today released the following statement following news that a New York jury found Live Nation and its subsidiary, Ticketmaster, guilty of conducting anti-competitive practices and monopolizing the creative and music industry.   The verdict comes after Senator Welch…

BARRE, VT—This week, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Judiciary Committee, celebrated with new United States citizens, their families and loved ones, and Vermont leaders at a Naturalization Ceremony held in Barre. U.S. District Judge Mary Kay Lanthier presided.  “We all know that every…