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Peter Welch

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Peter Francis Welch is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Vermont's at-large congressional district since 2007. A member of the Democratic Party, Welch has focused on issues such as healthcare, agriculture, and climate change during his tenure in Congress. He has been an advocate for policies aimed at supporting Vermont's farmers and addressing the challenges posed by rising healthcare costs.

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Jan 14, 2022

It’s really an all-hands on deck moment for us.

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Jan 14, 2022

That’s been shattered by Donald Trump. And it’s a profound threat to the maintenance of our Democratic tradition.

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Jan 14, 2022

I’m astonished what Trump has done.

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Dec 1, 2021

The opioid crisis is just so horrifying for so many Americans.

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Dec 1, 2021

There is real disparate treatment within the criminal justice system, with Black and Brown Americans being much more highly prosecuted.

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Dec 1, 2021

We need treatment more than we need prosecution of those folks, my view.

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Nov 16, 2021

Your description of what the transition is was so compelling.

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Nov 3, 2021

Vermonters have done their full measure of service throughout our history, and that is true in Iraq and Afghanistan. Two of our great soldiers, Sergeant Major Michael Cram and Brigadier General Michael Heston, both died of cancers that we…

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Oct 27, 2021

I don't mean to be difficult because it is a simple question. Did you disclose it to shareholders?

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Oct 27, 2021

Did you disclose that to your shareholders in your report? That is my question.

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Oct 27, 2021

CO2 release is the most likely source of inadvertent climate modification, and the prevailing opinion attributes CO2 increase to fossil fuel combustion.

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Oct 27, 2021

An increase in the global average temperature of three degrees centigrade and uneven global distribution of increased rainfall, in addition to some particularly dramatic questions that might cause a series of global problems, such as…

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Oct 27, 2021

There is scientific agreement that the most likely manner in which mankind is influencing the global climate is through carbon dioxide release from the burning of fossil fuels.

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Oct 27, 2021

Well, thank you. My time is up, and I yield back.

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Oct 27, 2021

How is this knowledge that ExxonMobil had about the dramatic impact of fossil fuels and climate change any different than Big Tobacco knowing about smoking causing cancer?

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Oct 6, 2021

The President, who is trusted by the folks who voted for him, is telling them a lie that he, in fact, won the election.

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Oct 6, 2021

The majority of Republicans, according to polls, do not believe that Biden was elected. Why is that?

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Oct 6, 2021

Even today, Mr. Biggs won't even acknowledge that President Biden was the elected leader of this country, won't accept that.

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Oct 6, 2021

These lies, the assertion he made that he won the election and it was stolen was picked up by social media.

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Oct 6, 2021

There is a frustration about having these hearings for me certainly, but probably for many of us, because we are accustomed to having the vote in the election occur, the votes be counted, and then the candidate who got the most votes be…

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Oct 4, 2021

Actually, what Jamie Raskin said too is something I think all of us feel, at the time we need them, FEMA shows up.

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Sep 29, 2021

I am totally in support of, of course, of Representative Chu's law that I am a co-sponsor of.

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Sep 29, 2021

It totally erodes personal respect and the rule of law.

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Sep 29, 2021

I am appalled by the Texas decision as a fundamental infringement on the rights of women.

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