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      <excerpt>...insecurity,&quot; according to a new report by USDA showing a boost in hunger over last year. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)U.S. Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt., holds a news conference at the Vermont Foodbank in Barre, Vt., Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. Nearly 1 in eight Vermont </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>PETER WELCH D VT* Rep. Christensen D VI. Rep. JAY INSLEE D WA-1* Rep. BARON HILL D IN-9* Rep. Trent Franks R AZ Rep. PATRICK KENNEDY D RI-1* Rep. ALAN GRAYSON D FL-8* Rep. Suzanne Kosmas D FL- Sen. Patty Murray D WA Rep. ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Peter Welch: Please contact me at peter.b.welch@gmail.com. View my complete profile. Please Respect my Original Work. Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works ...</excerpt>
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