Are we sure that there will be no rebuilding, Mr. Tombar, in the affected areas until some barriers are constructed that would go far toward making a similar disaster not impossible?
Eleanor Holmes Norton: “Are we sure that there will be no rebuilding, Mr. Tombar, in the affected areas until some barriers are constructed that…”
On the recordDecember 3, 2012
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Norton questions the rebuilding process before protective barriers are in place.
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