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On the recordJune 14, 2017
I come from an area on the central coast of California that, unfortunately, suffered the most expensive wildfire in our Nation's history this last year, the Soberanes Fire.
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Jimmy Panetta
Democratic · California

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Panetta highlights the impact of wildfires in his district.

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