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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”
“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 14, 2023
The absence of HHS is not an accident. It's not an omission. They just forgot. It's a deliberate decision: Let's protect the Biden administration from accountability.
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Ted Cruz
Republican · Texas
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Cruz accuses Democrats of avoiding accountability for the Biden administration's failures.

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