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| https://welch.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/welch-we-ve-got-volkswagen-customers-red-states-and-blue-states-and-they | Welch: Weve got Volkswagen customers in red states and blue states, and theyre mad as hell | 2015-10-08 | 2015 | 2015-10 | Democrat | House | VT | Peter Welch | W000800 | welch.house.gov | legacy | WASHINGTONRep. Peter Welch (D-VT) today challenged Volkswagen United States CEO Michael Horn to explain how and why his company duped hundreds of thousands of Americansincluding 3,000 Vermontersinto buying the so-called clean diesel cars that are spewing up to 40 times the legal limit of harmful nitrogen oxide into the air. Earlier this week, Welch asked Vermonters what questions they would ask of Mr. Horn. At the hearing today, Welch requested that Mr. Horn provide an answer to each of the questions posed. I have some questions that came to me from Vermonters Let me give you a reflection of what these say. Number one, What will you, VW, be reading when you're in jail?' Number two, I just wonder what the hell you were thinking?' Three, How can we help out Vermonters who got these lemons?' Four, Why should the US allow you to sell vehicles in this country?'. These questions go on and on and reflect the white-heat anger that folks have about the deception. Rep. Welch asked. Welch is a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. His questioning of Mr. Horn occurred at a hearing of its subcommittee on Oversight and Government Reform. | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |