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Sam Farr: “I come from a district which has had seven presidentially declared disasters. If there is anything that I have learned…”

On the recordJuly 30, 2001
I come from a district which has had seven presidentially declared disasters. If there is anything that I have learned, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Everything we do in this country is to try to prevent injury and harm. One of the dumb things we do is keep going in after a disaster and allowing people to do the same old thing. Mr. Chairman, this program gets people out of doing the same old thing that makes them involved in a disaster. I hope my colleagues march into conference very strongly supporting this amendment.
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Sam Farr
Democratic · California
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Discussing disaster prevention and support for an amendment during a congressional session.

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