“I think we can all unequivocally say in 2026, football is not going anywhere.”
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“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 20, 2023
The health effects of air pollution fall disproportionately on Black and Brown and Indigenous communities.
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Cori Bush
Democratic · Missouri
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Bush highlights the racial disparities in health impacts from pollution.

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