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Peter Welch: “You fire people, like at the Department of Agriculture in…”

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

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Vermont Congressional Delegation Telephone Town Town Hall

Published | Video Starts at 1:03:43

You know, is it disruption or is it destruction? You know, you terminate these grants, like to UVM for scientific research in institutions all around the country, or You fire people, like at the Department of Agriculture in Vermont Rural Development, and then they're gone. And eight months later, a court says those people can come back or those grants shouldn't have been terminated. It's too late. You've hollowed out that organization. (1:03:43–1:03:51)

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Asserts that people have been fired at the Department of Agriculture in Vermont Rural Development.

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