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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”
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On the recordSeptember 19, 2023
The Safe Routes to School funding was an important part of how we were able to improve the way that many kids were able to get to where they were going.
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Pete Buttigieg
Democratic · Indiana
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Buttigieg reflects on the significance of Safe Routes to School funding during his tenure as mayor.

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