“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”
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On the recordApril 27, 2016
I'm afraid that a five percent reduction requirement will put a lot of pressure on the agencies to focus on those that are--for which we have tools and which are more easily measured.
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Mazie Hirono
Democratic · Hawaii
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Editor's note · Context

Hirono warns that reduction targets may misallocate resources in invasive species management.

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