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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 recordSeptember 9, 2014
May I inquire as to how much time is remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Yoder). The gentleman from Washington has 7 minutes remaining. The gentleman from California has 10 minutes remaining.
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Democratic · Washington
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