“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 recordJune 3, 2019
Thank you, Professor Murray. It is scary to think that we could go back to that era, and all those things that we consider rights and advancements would fall, and we would be back in the Dark Ages.
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Steve Cohen
Democratic · Tennessee
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Editor's note · Context

Cohen expresses concern about the implications of overturning Roe v. Wade.

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