Welch Leads Bipartisan Effort to Fund Federal Public Defender Program in Upcoming Budget
May 10, 2024
May 10, 2024
WASHINGTON, May 10 -- 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 a bipartisan group of his colleagues in calling on the Senate Appropriations Committee to fully fund the Federal Defender Services program in the upcoming Fiscal Year 2025 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill:
"In FY24, Defe . . .
This week, Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and the Senate's only former Public Defender, led a bipartisan group of his colleagues in calling on the Senate Appropriations Committee to fully fund the Federal Defender Services program in the upcoming Fiscal Year 2025 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill:
"In FY24, Defe . . .