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Peter Welch: “Our gas prices up, particularly in northern Vermont, could…”

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

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Senator Welch answers questions from constituents.

Published | Video Starts at 06:05

And on the other question, absolutely, the tariffs are going to affect our home heating bills, they're going to affect our electricity bills, and they're going to affect our gas prices. In fact, Our gas prices up, particularly in northern Vermont, could go up 25 to 40 cents a gallon. And of course, we get a lot of our electricity from Hydro Quebec, so we could see our utility bills going up. (06:05–06:11)

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Asserts that gas prices in northern Vermont could rise by 25 to 40 cents per gallon due to tariffs.

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