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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”
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On the recordJanuary 7, 2009
it would be an utterly empty exercise around here not to get the votes to actually pass things.
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Kent Conrad
Democratic · North Dakota
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Conrad warns against failing to secure votes for meaningful legislation.

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