“It’s not their intention to reform it or improve it—it’s their intention to destroy it.”
Vermont Business Magazine U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vermont), Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development, Energy, and Credit, this week took to the Senate Floor to speak out against President Trump’s efforts to help corporations and Big Oil pollute our air and water. In his remarks, Senator Welch highlighted the Trump Administration’s rollback of more than 30 regulations that set limits on mercury pollution, toxic wastewater, soot emissions, and more.
“The idea that the federal government would turn a blind eye to active pollution that is produced because it results in profit to the polluters is something not a single member of this body should ever tolerate. Ever, ever, ever,” said Senator Welch. “I am completely committed to doing anything I can to make regulations practical and effective. I am absolutely and adamantly opposed to giving polluters free rein to profit at the expense and welfare of the people that I represent, and we all represent.”
Watch Senator Welch’s speech HERE:
3.27.2025. WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch
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