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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 recordApril 20, 2023
It is immensely beneficial if there can be flexibility. No. 2, there is hell to pay when the flexibility leads to no accountability.
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Peter Welch
Democratic · Vermont
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Welch discusses the balance between flexibility and accountability in agricultural policies.

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