“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.”
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On the recordMay 11, 2022
Some of the arguments against more housing come from the Jim Crow Era of racist exclusion.
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Brian Schatz
Democratic · Hawaii
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Schatz highlights that some housing opposition is rooted in historical racism.

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