Tulsi Gabbard
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and don't have the basic needs that they have. And so this deal, yes, of course, he wouldn't have made the deal if they don't have these rare earth and minerals that still need to be mined. But of course we checked. He's not going to go and make a blind deal based on just a handshake.
and don't have the basic needs that they have. And so this deal, yes, of course, he wouldn't have made the deal if they don't have these rare earth and minerals that still need to be mined. But of course we checked. He's not going to go and make a blind deal based on just a handshake.
and don't have the basic needs that they have. And so this deal, yes, of course, he wouldn't have made the deal if they don't have these rare earth and minerals that still need to be mined. But of course we checked. He's not going to go and make a blind deal based on just a handshake.
And so this is a win for the American people and it's a win for the Ukrainian people because this joint partnership is something that is mutually beneficial for the people of both of our countries.
And so this is a win for the American people and it's a win for the Ukrainian people because this joint partnership is something that is mutually beneficial for the people of both of our countries.
And so this is a win for the American people and it's a win for the Ukrainian people because this joint partnership is something that is mutually beneficial for the people of both of our countries.
I want to go back on, you remember the tragic wildfire that hit my home community of Lahaina. I didn't live there, but it was within my district when I was in Congress. And how many lives were lost and an entire town just razed to the ground.
I want to go back on, you remember the tragic wildfire that hit my home community of Lahaina. I didn't live there, but it was within my district when I was in Congress. And how many lives were lost and an entire town just razed to the ground.
I want to go back on, you remember the tragic wildfire that hit my home community of Lahaina. I didn't live there, but it was within my district when I was in Congress. And how many lives were lost and an entire town just razed to the ground.
And when I went there just a couple of days after that fire happened and went out and talked to the people there on West Maui, and the fact that so many of them, not connected to each other, completely different conversations, different households, different locations, said, gosh, if only we were Ukraine, maybe somebody would pay attention to us.
And when I went there just a couple of days after that fire happened and went out and talked to the people there on West Maui, and the fact that so many of them, not connected to each other, completely different conversations, different households, different locations, said, gosh, if only we were Ukraine, maybe somebody would pay attention to us.
And when I went there just a couple of days after that fire happened and went out and talked to the people there on West Maui, and the fact that so many of them, not connected to each other, completely different conversations, different households, different locations, said, gosh, if only we were Ukraine, maybe somebody would pay attention to us.
And that just speaks to what we're talking about here. And so this is this community of Lahaina now, who is only now, by the way, just starting to rebuild homes in communities and places where they have lived for generations. We talk about Western North Carolina.
And that just speaks to what we're talking about here. And so this is this community of Lahaina now, who is only now, by the way, just starting to rebuild homes in communities and places where they have lived for generations. We talk about Western North Carolina.
And that just speaks to what we're talking about here. And so this is this community of Lahaina now, who is only now, by the way, just starting to rebuild homes in communities and places where they have lived for generations. We talk about Western North Carolina.
And the very, very, very slow rebuild process that's going on there, that people who lost their homes are still paying property taxes and mortgages for the land and the home that they have, that they are not able to live on in any way at all. You look at... I don't think I'd do it. I don't think I'd be doing it. That's the thing, is those are two of many examples.
And the very, very, very slow rebuild process that's going on there, that people who lost their homes are still paying property taxes and mortgages for the land and the home that they have, that they are not able to live on in any way at all. You look at... I don't think I'd do it. I don't think I'd be doing it. That's the thing, is those are two of many examples.
And the very, very, very slow rebuild process that's going on there, that people who lost their homes are still paying property taxes and mortgages for the land and the home that they have, that they are not able to live on in any way at all. You look at... I don't think I'd do it. I don't think I'd be doing it. That's the thing, is those are two of many examples.
You have a level of poverty in West Virginia that I think many Americans would not see if but going to a third world country on the other side of the planet. The needs that we have here are very real. And part of the dissatisfaction that the American people have had for so long in our government is that the government, by and large, FEMA is a great example.
You have a level of poverty in West Virginia that I think many Americans would not see if but going to a third world country on the other side of the planet. The needs that we have here are very real. And part of the dissatisfaction that the American people have had for so long in our government is that the government, by and large, FEMA is a great example.