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Jackie Speier: So FEMA has kind of failed. Has it not?

On the recordJune 24, 2019
So FEMA has kind of failed. Has it not?
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Jackie Speier
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Speier questions the effectiveness of FEMA in Puerto Rico's recovery.

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