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Maxine Waters: “We've been working so hard trying to get over the devastation of the last four hurricanes that took place within weeks…”

On the recordJanuary 11, 2010
We've been working so hard trying to get over the devastation of the last four hurricanes that took place within weeks of each other in 2008, where the roads were wiped out and most of the agricultural land was devastated, and thousands upon thousands of houses collapsed and a lot of damage.
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Maxine Waters
Democratic · California

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Highlighting the ongoing struggles Haiti faces following previous disasters.

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