“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 recordJuly 23, 2019
I am not going to get here and allow the committee to be used by anybody, even from the other side, to say that e-cigarettes, vaping, JUUL is not killing our people.
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Rashida Tlaib
Democratic · Michigan
Source
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Editor's note · Context

Tlaib emphasizes the dangers of e-cigarettes and vaping to public health.

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