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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 recordJune 24, 2012
I think that failure to contact the DOD resulted in the deaths of 13 soldiers, and next to 9/11, the biggest terrorist attack on American soil.
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Mike McCaul
Republican · Texas
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McCaul links communication failures to the Fort Hood attack's consequences.

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