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Peter Welch: “Passing a law that prohibits you from getting information…”

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

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Rep. Peter Welch on House GOP's Climate Change Denial

Published | Video Starts at 04:32

We kind of, we're in a fact free zone here on some issues. And when it comes to climate change, people kind of make it up as they go along. And Passing a law that prohibits you from getting information that you need in order to make decisions is pretty upside down and bizarre. But that's the world we're in in Vermont on the climate change issue. Here's the key. (04:32–04:41)

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