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May 19, 2026

Welch Statement Calling for Acting AG Blanche to Resign
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today released the following statement on the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) expanded agreement to bar the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from pursuing claims or audits against President Trump or his family: “Donald Trump’s Department of Justice just…
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Press Release
May 19, 2026

Ranking Member Welch Rebukes Supreme Court’s Decision to Turn Back the Clock on Voting Rights: “We should be competing on the basis of our ideas. We should not be competing on how clever we can draw the map to suit our own political bias.” 
WASHINGTON, D.C.—In a Judiciary subcommittee hearing today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, emphasized how the Supreme Court’s recent Louisiana v. Callais decision showcased a high degree of partisanship and disregard for Americans’ voting rights. Ranking Member Welch also highlighted how the Court’s ruling, which will make it…
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May 18, 2026

Welch Leads Effort to Rein in Defense Department’s Use of Fast-Tracked Contracts to Help Build ICE Warehouses 
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) led 15 of his colleagues in calling for new language in the Fiscal Year 2027 (FY27) appropriations bill to tighten control and oversight of the Department of Defense’s (DOD) use of fast-tracked contract vehicles for domestic immigration enforcement. In the absence of this oversight, DOD has helped the…
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May 15, 2026

Welch, Klobuchar, Colleagues Raise Concerns about the USDA Research, Education, and Economics Mission Area Reorganization 
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development, Energy, and Credit, joined Senate Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and 22 fellow Senate Democrats in raising strong concerns about the reorganization of the Research, Education, and Economics (REE) mission area at the…
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May 14, 2026

Welch Supports Bipartisan Bills to Support Law Enforcement and Community Safety, Celebrates Advancement of Bipartisan Carla Walker Act 
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In honor of National Police Week, the Senate Judiciary Committee today advanced several bipartisan bills co-sponsored by Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) that support law enforcement and promote community safety. This includes the Carla Walker Act, sponsored by Sen. Welch and Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), which would dedicate…
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