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Eleanor Holmes Norton: This is a structural problem. Your mandate is to keep Louisiana, to keep Mississippi, from getting too much money.

On the recordJuly 26, 2009
This is a structural problem. Your mandate is to keep Louisiana, to keep Mississippi, from getting too much money.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Norton describes the conflict of interests between FEMA and state governments.

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