Peter Welch: “Washington county, which is where Montpelier, our capital…”

“But everybody who's on a family budget, who clearly would prefer their kids to be able to breathe clean air, who clearly are horrified about the extraordinary weather changes that we're having in Vermont, by the way, this county, Washington county, which is where Montpelier, our capital, is, it's in the top 10 areas with FEMA disaster declarations. That's Vermont. And just years ago people thought that was going to be a refuge. And we get these micro storms that are wiping out farms, that are wiping out homes.” (06:47–06:58)

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