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Peter Welch: “Vermont actually has one of the widest, if not the widest…”

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

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Welch Questions Treasury Secretary Nominee Scott Bessent at Confirmation Hearing

Published | Video Starts at 00:24

Mr. Besson, thank you so much for your visit yesterday and welcome to your family. As we discussed, the situation for a lot of Vermonters who work incredibly hard is very tough. Vermont actually has one of the widest, if not the widest gap between what people can earn and what their expenses are. So it's tough at the end of the month to pay all the bills, the grocery bills, the health care bills, all of these things. (00:24–00:34)

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Asserts that Vermont has a significant gap between earnings and expenses.

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