Welch, Ossoff, Booker, Durbin, and Hirono Lead 18 of Their Colleagues in Letter to Senate Appropriations Committee Leaders Urging Corrections to Proposed Federal Defenders' Budget
October 06, 2023
October 06, 2023
WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release:
U.S. Senators Peter Welch (D-VT), Jon Ossoff (D-GA), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Dick Durbin (D-IL), and Mazie Hirono (D-HI) on Friday led 18 of their Senate colleagues, including every Senate Judiciary Committee Democrat, in a letter to Senate Appropriations Committee leaders emphasizing the importance of correcting a shortfall in the Federal Defenders budget. Noting that approximately 90% of federal crim . . .
U.S. Senators Peter Welch (D-VT), Jon Ossoff (D-GA), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Dick Durbin (D-IL), and Mazie Hirono (D-HI) on Friday led 18 of their Senate colleagues, including every Senate Judiciary Committee Democrat, in a letter to Senate Appropriations Committee leaders emphasizing the importance of correcting a shortfall in the Federal Defenders budget. Noting that approximately 90% of federal crim . . .