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Cedric Richmond: “So why is the average $8,000? Everyone lost clothing. Everyone lost bedroom sets and TVs and all of these other things.”

On the recordSeptember 8, 2016
So why is the average $8,000? Everyone lost clothing. Everyone lost bedroom sets and TVs and all of these other things.
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Cedric Richmond
Democratic · Louisiana

Editor's note · Context

Richmond questions the adequacy of FEMA's average assistance amount after disasters.

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