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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.”
“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 recordJune 25, 2012
We need to, I think, be vigorous and engaged in preventing disenfranchisement of those who are eligible to vote, who are entitled to vote, and who we want to vote by restrictive ID laws.
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Chris Coons
Democratic · Delaware
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Editor's note · Context

Coons emphasizes the importance of preventing voter disenfranchisement over concerns of voter fraud.

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