Senate Judiciary Committee

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and the Senate’s only former public defender, joined U.S. Senators Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Chris Coons (D-Del.) in introducing the Count the Crimes to Cut Act, bipartisan legislation aimed at addressing the outdated federal criminal code.   “Meaningful criminal justice reform…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, led every Senate Judiciary Democrat in urging the Department of Justice (DOJ) to heed the calls of career prosecutors and open a civil rights investigation into the death of Ms. Renee Good, who was fatally shot by U.S. Immigrations…

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.),…