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On the recordMarch 23, 2023
I think the rest of us, you know, living in the real world, when you have a disaster in your home state or your hometown, you understand we're going to spend this money anyway to provide disaster relief.
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Brian Schatz
Democratic · Hawaii

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Emphasizes the necessity of federal disaster relief funding.

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