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Tom Carper: “Usually it takes weeks, if not months, for a full assessment of damages to be made and an estimate of the total cost to…”

On the recordOctober 30, 2017
Usually it takes weeks, if not months, for a full assessment of damages to be made and an estimate of the total cost to rebuild.
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Tom Carper
Democratic · Delaware

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Senator Carper highlights the lengthy process of assessing damages after a disaster.

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