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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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On the recordFebruary 11, 2009
I think we need as a body to think very, very carefully about do we want reconciliation to be used in that way.
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Kent Conrad
Democratic · North Dakota
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Conrad emphasizes the need for caution regarding the use of reconciliation in legislation.

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