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Peter Welch: “If you're going to do something where 160,000 people are going to have to leave their homes, and you feel some…”

On the recordOctober 22, 2019
If you're going to do something where 160,000 people are going to have to leave their homes, and you feel some responsibility... you're going to make some arrangements.
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Peter Welch
Democratic · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Welch emphasizes the need for planning before displacing a large population.

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