“I think we can all unequivocally say in 2026, football is not going anywhere.”
“When giant corporations and Wall Street investors buy up all the fire truck manufacturers, it’s a threat to public safety.”
“I want to stop the spread. They are picking homes like you, and I pick tomatoes in the grocery store.”
“It is imperative that FEMA helps communities quickly respond to wildfires and increase their resilience to future wildfire disasters”
“They are picking houses the way you pick tomatoes at the grocery store.”
“Protecting and defending innocent life is and remains important to our Legislature, governor, attorney general and citizens.”

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On the recordJuly 13, 2017
Forgoing this testing could not only put our sailors at unnecessary risk, but could also lead to expensive retrofits for years to come. And for what? This is not what Americans expect when they tell us they want a strong defense. This is not what Americans expect of us in our congressional oversight role. We are not doing our job if we don't do oversight, if we don't say ``no'' to wasteful spending, and if we don't say ``no'' to blank checks to defense contractors.
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Democratic · California
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