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“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 recordMay 9, 2023
I appreciate that, sir. Now this is many times the value of the investment that was committed last year.
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Ben Ray Luján
Democratic · New Mexico
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Lujan acknowledges the significant value of recent climate investments.

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