Press Release

MEDIA ADVISORY: Welch to Gaggle with Reporters After GOP’s Sham Hearing on Civil Rights and DEI

Jul 22, 2025

Welch to gaggle at 4:30 PM, or immediately after the hearing

Assistant Attorney General Dhillon to Testify

WASHINGTON, D.C.U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, will gaggle with press immediately following the conclusion of tomorrow’s hearing, entitled “Ending Illegal DEI Discrimination & Preferences: Enforcing Our Civil Rights Laws.”

Witnesses will include Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon; Gene Hamilton, President, America First Legal; and Alabama State Senator Robert Stewart.

Former career staff attorneys at the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division plan to attend the hearing.

Hearing: “Ending Illegal DEI Discrimination & Preferences: Enforcing Our Civil Rights Laws.”

Hearing Time: 2:30 PM

Hearing Location: Dirksen 226

Gaggle with Senator Welch: 4:30 PM or immediately after the hearing concludes; outside of the hearing room

Questions/RSVP: Aaron White; 202-960-0677

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