Senate Judiciary Committee

Welch, the Senate’s only former Public Defender, spoke on the Senate Floor last week on the successful push to avoid the budget shortfall of federal public defenders WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) on Thursday took to the Senate Floor to celebrate his successful fight to…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing this week, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), slammed the Supreme Court and Republican-led state legislatures for their continued assault on reproductive freedoms, including their unwillingness to protect the rights of families who need in vitro fertilization…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and the Senate’s only former Public Defender, urged appropriate funding for the Federal Public Defender program in the upcoming appropriations bills ahead of this Friday’s funding deadline for certain…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Following a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in late-February, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) submitted written questions for the record for Bureau of Prisons Director Collette Peters, continuing to push the Director on why Vermont remains one of only two states without a Residential…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, questioned experts about how false claims disputing the validity of the 2020 presidential election results have impacted overall confidence in election integrity, and discussed the ramifications of recent restrictive…