WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 -- Sen. Peter Welch issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, and Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) wrote to the Department of Justice's (DOJ) to criticize their creation of a new 'Second Amendment Section' at the Civil Rights Division, which will enforce President Trump's Executive Order on the Second Amendment and favor pro-gun litigation. In their letter to Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon, the Senators emphasized how the new Section is another departure from the Civil Rights Division's long-standing mission of protecting Americans from discrimination in favor of advancing Preside...