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“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.”
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“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 recordMay 17, 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 for failing to fund veterans' benefits after war service.

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