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“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 19, 2023
This legislation would place 40 acres of tribally purchased land at the Wounded Knee Massacre site into restricted fee status.
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Mike Rounds
Republican · South Dakota
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Senator Rounds describes the purpose of the Wounded Knee Massacre Memorial and Sacred Site Act.

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