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Peter Welch: “Totally improper invocation of so-called national security…”

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

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Welch Outlines Cost of Trump Tariffs for Vermont on Senate Floor.

Published | Video Starts at 02:14

When the hardship that is something they have to deal with is a hardship that has been arbitrarily inflicted upon them by authorities or powers in Washington, in this case the president, and in my view, Totally improper invocation of so-called national security with our biggest ally, Canada. then they start to wonder. That makes the burden even more and more difficult. So another person that was there, Sarah Meerhoff, was a representative of the General Contractors of Vermont. (02:14–02:20)

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