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

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On the recordNovember 19, 2024
I announce that the Senator from New Jersey, (Mr. Booker), the Senator from California (Ms. Butler), the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Fetterman), the Senator from New York (Mrs. Gillibrand) the Senator from Hawaii (Ms. Hirono), the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Smith), the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow), the Senator from Montana (Mr. Tester), the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Warner), and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Warnock) are necessarily absent.
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Democratic · Illinois
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