Senate Judiciary Committee

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) joined fellow members of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action and Federal Rights last night on the floor of the Senate to deliver remarks on the importance to authorize issuing subpoenas to Harlan Crow,…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a Senate Judiciary Committee Meeting today, Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) stressed the importance of bipartisan collaboration to ensure that the federal public defender budget remains adequately funded. “I have circulated a letter, that all of our Democratic colleagues have signed, trying to correct…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Peter Welch (D-VT), Jon Ossoff (D-GA), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Dick Durbin (D-IL), and Mazie Hirono (D-HI) on Friday led 18 of their Senate colleagues, including every Senate Judiciary Committee Democrat, in a letter to Senate Appropriations Committee leaders emphasizing the…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Peter Welch (D-VT), Jon Ossoff (D-GA), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Dick Durbin (D-IL), and Mazie Hirono (D-HI) on Friday led 18 of their Senate colleagues, including every Senate Judiciary Committee Democrat, in a letter to Senate Appropriations Committee leaders emphasizing the…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today called for his colleagues to reject cuts to the Federal Public Defenders budget, which would undermine the justice system and threaten legal protections. His remarks came during a Senate Judiciary Committee meeting to advance the nomination of…