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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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“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 recordJuly 17, 2026
“Which indicates to us that there was no good-faith effort to actually engage tribal leadership.”
Said by
Melanie Stansbury
Democratic · New Mexico
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Stansbury comments on the lack of genuine engagement with tribal leaders.

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