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Jared Huffman: FEMA's arbitrary and inflexible financial damage threshold can leave devastated communities behind.

On the recordSeptember 18, 2023
FEMA's arbitrary and inflexible financial damage threshold can leave devastated communities behind.
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Jared Huffman
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Huffman criticizes FEMA's damage threshold for excluding certain communities from relief.

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