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Alex Padilla: One immediate step that the administration could take to relieve the burden on our communities would be to increase the…

On the recordFebruary 8, 2021
One immediate step that the administration could take to relieve the burden on our communities would be to increase the Federal cost share of FEMA-eligible expenses.
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Alex Padilla
Democratic · California

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Padilla proposes increasing FEMA's federal cost share to support communities during the pandemic.

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