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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 recordDecember 18, 2022
It has -- it has basically transitioned itself to now to where, how can we blame somebody else?
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Joe Manchin
Democratic · West Virginia
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