11/21/2015
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"Our top priority is to make sure all available resources are being provided to state and local responders as quickly as possible."
"So I want to repeat--my message to the Federal Government: no bureaucracy, no red tape. Get resources where they're needed as fast as possible, as hard as possible, and for the duration, because the r..."
"Ultimately, as commander-in-chief, I'm responsible, and I don't shy away from that responsibility."
"An emergency exists in the State of Rhode Island."