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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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“Protecting and defending innocent life is and remains important to our Legislature, governor, attorney general and citizens.”

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On the recordJanuary 25, 2023
I would also like to note that the so-called doctrine of originalism is certainly not anything that I would request of any of our judicial nominees.
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Mazie K. Hirono
Hawaii
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Hirono expresses her stance against originalism for judicial nominees.

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