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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 recordMay 17, 2017
Some of us in Texas were saying, 'You know, one of these days it is like a balloon. If you put the pressure here they are going to come another way.'
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Henry Cuellar
Democratic · Texas
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Cuellar discusses the ongoing issue of drug trafficking and border security.

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