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On the recordJanuary 9, 2018
As the 2017 hurricane season illustrated, our nation... needs to be a resilient one that is ready for the next storm, flood, or drought event, because it is coming.
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Tom Carper
Democratic · Delaware

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Stresses the need for national resilience against future natural disasters.

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