“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 recordJune 25, 2019
If we're going to have a depoliticized work force, we can't have people running around campaigning all day long while they're supposed to be doing----
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Rashida Tlaib
Democratic · Michigan
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Editor's note · Context

Tlaib emphasizes the need for a non-political federal workforce.

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