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Peter Welch: “You're going to pay between 25 cents and 40 cents more a…”

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

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… checkbook and trying to make it balance, you're going to have a higher electricity bill, you're going to have a higher home heating bill, and every time you fill up, You're going to pay between 25 cents and 40 cents more a gallon [for gasoline]. Because on northern Vermont, that's where our gasoline comes from. How is that going to serve anybody's interest? How is that going to help the people who are working hard every day to try to make ends meet? (06:21–06:51)

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Asserts an increase of 25 to 40 cents per gallon for gasoline in northern Vermont.

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