Press ReleaseNeutral2026-05-28
Welch Joins Bicameral Bill to End Federal Death Penalty
Peter Welch
DVT · Senator
Foreign Policy
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This press release from Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) was published on 2026-05-28 and titled "Welch Joins Bicameral Bill to End Federal Death Penalty".
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Welch Joins Bicameral Bill to End Federal Death Penalty WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on The Constitution, joined the Federal Death Penalty Prohibition Act, bicameral legislation led by Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and U.S. Representative Ayanna Pressley (D-MA-07), to prohibit the use of the death penalty at the federal level and require re-sentencing of those currently on [ ]