“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 recordJune 3, 2019
I actually share the expressions of some of the panelists who talk about why they think STELAR should expire.
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Steve Scalise
Republican · Louisiana
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Scalise supports revisiting STELAR's relevance and acknowledges calls for its expiration.

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