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Maxine Waters: “If I may, if you will yield, I need to make one additional comment that I was just reminded of, that if they do not…”

On the recordMarch 20, 2007
If I may, if you will yield, I need to make one additional comment that I was just reminded of, that if they do not return to New Orleans, there is a penalty. That is designed to rebuild the neighborhoods and get people coming back. But there is a 30 percent penalty.
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Maxine Waters
Democratic · California

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Discussing penalties related to rebuilding neighborhoods in New Orleans.

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