Senator Welch Leads Senate Judiciary Democrats in Urging Federal Judiciary to Request Appropriate Funding in Next Budget Request for Federal Public Defenders to Avoid Continued Shortfall
March 01, 2024
March 01, 2024
WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release:
This week, Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and the Senate's only former Public Defender, led every Senate Judiciary Democrat in sending a letter to the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts urging the office to give appropriate consideration to the funding of the Federal Public Defender program in the Office's upcoming budget request for Fiscal Year (FY) . . .
This week, Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and the Senate's only former Public Defender, led every Senate Judiciary Democrat in sending a letter to the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts urging the office to give appropriate consideration to the funding of the Federal Public Defender program in the Office's upcoming budget request for Fiscal Year (FY) . . .