“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 recordMay 16, 2023
We send folks off to war, we put it on the credit card. They come back and we make excuses not to fund their benefits.
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Jon Tester
Democratic · Montana
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Tester criticizes the government's failure to fund veterans' benefits after service.

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