“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 recordJanuary 29, 2006
They know it is a policy agenda, but also the framework for the effort to keep the House and the Senate in Republican hands, to keep Mr. Bush from what would most likely be a very lonely two years in the White House if the Democrats are able to take back one or both Congressional chambers come November.
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George H.W. Bush
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John King explains the political stakes for President Bush regarding the State of the Union address.

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