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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”
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On the recordFebruary 15, 2017
Good evidence in the cases that later came forward but terrible for the idea that our country was looking at a religious test.
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Steve Cohen
Democratic · Tennessee
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Cohen critiques the implications of Trump's actions on religious testing in immigration.

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