Elisabeth St. Onge

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, cosponsored the Shadow Docket Sunlight Act, new legislation introduced by Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.), to bring transparency to decisions on the Supreme…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, cosponsored the bicameral Enhancing Oversight to End Discrimination in Policing Act, legislation reintroduced by Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Representative Marilyn Strickland (WA-10), to strengthen the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ)…

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, released the following statement following reports of two instances where flags bearing symbols carried by violent rioters on January 6 were…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) released the following statement after the Senate voted on a procedural motion to begin debate on S. 4361, the Border Security Supplemental Appropriations Bill:   “Our immigration system is broken, and the situation at the southern border is…

At the senators’ recommendation, President Biden nominates Mary Kay Lanthier to be the next District Court judge in the District of Vermont WASHINGTON, D.C. – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) applauded President Biden’s announcement today of his nomination of Mary Kay…