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Patrick J. Kennedy: Declaring a PHE alone without a Stafford Act declaration amounts to nothing more than rearranging the deck chairs on the…

On the recordDecember 4, 2017
Declaring a PHE alone without a Stafford Act declaration amounts to nothing more than rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.
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Patrick J. Kennedy

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Critiques the limited impact of the Public Health Emergency declaration without additional funding.

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