“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 recordFebruary 6, 2013
It doesn't seem to me that we were moving with a sense of urgency, given that we had an ambassador missing.
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Kelly Ayotte
Republican · New Hampshire
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Editor's note · Context

Ayotte questions the urgency of the response to the Benghazi attack.

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