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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.”
“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 recordSeptember 29, 2025
On behalf of the American people, we're supposed to simply take their word that they're willing to negotiate?
Said by
Hakeem Jeffries
Democratic · New York
Source
usatoday.com

Editor's note · Context

Jeffries questions the reliability of Republican negotiations regarding health care funding.

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