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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.”
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“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 recordJuly 31, 2013
We need to end sequestration.
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Adam Smith
Democratic · Washington
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Editor's note · Context

Smith emphasizes the necessity to eliminate sequestration for effective defense funding.

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