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Peter Welch: “In 2022, [Musk's] company, Starlink, received millions of…”

Featuring: Peter Welch, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Vermont

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Welch Speaks on the Senate Floor on Elon Musk’s Takeover of USAID

Published | Video Starts at 03:28

That's a serious question, and we should each of us be asking the implications of this language. I find Mr. Musk's accusations appalling. I know they're factually baseless, and frankly, I find them despicable. It's also curious because In 2022, [Musk's] company, Starlink, received millions of dollars from USAID for Starlink's operation in Ukraine. Not to mention the incredible amount of taxpayer subsidies that helped Tesla become the major company that it is Mr. Musk. He is a billionaire, as we know. (03:28–03:38)

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