Peter Welch

The only thing that is holding us back from fixing any vehicle that comes onto our lot is the availability of parts.

We think it is unfair to small businesses. Eighty percent of our members are small businesses.

Our issues with that bill is the definition of when is it unsafe to drive a vehicle and differentiating between recalls that would not render a vehicle unsafe to drive.

With respect to the rental car bill, we are supportive of the premise behind the bill that vehicles that are unsafe to drive should not be put into the hands of the public.

In my view, that is wrong. The wrongdoer, not the taxpayer, should pay all of the settlement.

Some of the questions that came to me from Vermonters... reflect the white-heat anger that folks have about the deception.

There is that kind of economic dislocation that my colleagues who are from coal country are acutely aware of.

I am a strong supporter of efforts to clean our air and to move away from fossil fuels, but that trip really brought home to me that there is an impact on real people.

I had a chance to go to West Virginia and go into a coal mine with Mr. McKinley, and I'll tell you, it was a really powerful experience.

This proposed remedy here would have an incredibly negative impact on the choice that Vermont women make about getting their basic health care.

Sixteen thousand women voluntarily choose to get their primary health care from Planned Parenthood.

What is clear is the law says abortion is legal, and the law has limited authorization for fetal tissue research.

In another instance, Biomax offered to pay much more, sending the affiliate a procurement agreement that offered a payment of $1,600.

The first medical principle that all doctors follow: Do no harm.

There is a sharp disagreement on members of this committee about abortion, and I think each side is entitled to mutual respect.

Well, legitimate, but you understand there is a huge price that the community pays for that.

So that is my opportunity to speak to you on something that is an enormous concern to our Governor down to the select boards in the region of southern Vermont where Entergy is exposed.

How extensive are you going to allow legitimate public representatives to have a seat at the table?

There is fraud, there is abuse.

I am very encouraged by the tech transitions progress that you have been making.

If GMOs are so safe, why not label so that folks who are getting what the manufacturers assert is so safe know that their product will be labeled?

The issue here is not so much whether GMOs are safe. The issue is whether individual purchasers, consumers, who purchase food have a right to know that GMOs are part of the food they are buying.

One of the things we have to do it seems to me in Congress if we're going to unlock some capital is to get rid of the onerous prepayment burden that Congress back in 2006 put on the Postal Service.

We could have infused the capital the Postal Service didn't have. We could have helped jump-start the electric car market here in the United States.

Well, we don't want to go into that; we don't want to be guinea pigs.