“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”
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On the recordOctober 4, 2011
Eliminating all funding to Haiti will show that we are going back on our word then, and turning our back on the neediest of the needy.
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Gregory Meeks
Democratic · New York
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Meeks argues against cutting funding to Haiti, emphasizing the need for support.

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