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Peter Welch: “We get so much of our home heating fuel, so much of our…”

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

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25% increase in the expense of buying an evaporator. Vermont consumers and businesses. We in Vermont, along the northern border, I see my colleague from New Hampshire, same for you. We get so much of our home heating fuel, so much of our gasoline to power our cars, and so much of our electricity from Canada. that at the end of that month, when you're juggling your checkbook and trying to make it balance, you're going to have a higher electricity bill, you're going to have … (06:21–06:34)

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Asserts Vermont's reliance on Canada for home heating fuel, gasoline, and electricity.

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