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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 recordSeptember 21, 2023
Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and it is an honor to have you as my mentor, and to welcome--thank you, all of you here, and thank you for coming, and for me, it has been a very personal issue with me.
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John Fetterman
Democratic · Pennsylvania
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John Fetterman acknowledges the chairman and expresses the personal significance of the issue.

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