“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.”
“Protecting and defending innocent life is and remains important to our Legislature, governor, attorney general and citizens.”

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On the recordJuly 11, 2023
Thank you very much for coming and sharing the experience that you have had with homeownership and things that can be done to make it better, to make it faster, we should not be slowing those down.
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Teresa Leger Fernandez
Democratic · New Mexico
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Leger Fernandez emphasizes the importance of improving homeownership processes in Indian Country.

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