“I think we can all unequivocally say in 2026, football is not going anywhere.”
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“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 17, 2014
the best way to sum it up is our country simply wants this problem gone.
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Adam Smith
Democratic · Washington
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Editor's note · Context

Smith emphasizes the desire for resolution to ongoing national security issues.

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