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“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.”
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On the recordSeptember 6, 2016
I thought that might be the case, the answer, but I threw it out there because we would like to get at this and have some assurances that these response mechanisms are actually in existence.
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John Garamendi
Democratic · California
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Editor's note · Context

Garamendi seeks assurance on marine firefighting response mechanisms.

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