Senate Judiciary Committee

BURLINGTON, VT—U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today announced his opposition to any government funding package that provides additional funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE):   “Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem has turned the mission of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) upside down, away from immigration enforcement and into an…

Trump endorsed bill to enhance competition and choice in the credit card network market, which is currently dominated by the Visa-Mastercard duopoly  WASHINGTON, D.C. –  U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights, today joined Senate Judiciary Ranking Member Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Senator Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) in reintroducing the bipartisan Credit Card Competition…

Legislation would ban former Senate-confirmed government employees from lobbying for countries of concern WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today celebrated the advancement of the Conflict-free Leaving Employment and Activity Restrictions (CLEAR) Path Act, bipartisan legislation introduced alongside Senators John Cornyn (R-Texas), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.),…

Welch: “It might be Trump First, or it might be Chevron First. But it’s not America First.”  WASHINGTON, D.C. – In remarks from the Senate floor this week, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, outlined how President Trump’s illegal military actions in Venezuela stand to…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights, this week slammed Republicans for holding a subcommittee hearing designed to attack district judges and politicize the judicial impeachment process. In his remarks at the hearing, Senator Welch emphasized how President Trump’s perpetuation of the ‘Big Lie’ that President…