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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.”
“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 recordMarch 29, 2023
the truth is that what these folks are doing to the people of this country, it'd be hard for me not to classify it as a terrorist act because we're killing folks right and left.
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Jon Tester
Democratic · Montana
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Tester discusses the severity of actions affecting the country, equating them to terrorism.

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