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Peter Welch: “Skyrocketing gas prices, due in part to Wall Street speculation, are crimping her budget and household budgets across…”

On the recordMarch 7, 2012
Skyrocketing gas prices, due in part to Wall Street speculation, are crimping her budget and household budgets across the country.
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Peter Welch
Democratic · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Welch points out the impact of rising gas prices on the budgets of rural Americans.

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