“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 recordDecember 1, 2011
Is this a fair statement: If it was your goal to prevent military commissions from ever being used, you didn't get your way in this legislation. If it was your goal to mandate that military commissions are the only venue to be used, you didn't get your way in this legislation because this legislation doesn't speak to that issue at all.
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina
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