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On the recordJuly 26, 2009
Report is one thing, permission is another. If we get into permission matters, the supersized disaster we are talking about will be supersized repeated.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Norton emphasizes the importance of timely action over bureaucratic permission in disaster response.

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