Peter Welch says he's making good on a campaign promise to hire a Vermont business liaison.

Mary Sprayregen, who has been lobbying in Montpelier on behalf of the Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce and the Greater Burlington Industrial Corp., will go to work for Welch in his Burlington office.

Sprayregen, 26, is from Charlotte originally, and now of Burlington.

Her job will be to help businesses navigate the federal nightmare.

- Terri Hallenbeck