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On the recordMarch 2, 2011
The other thing I would just like to add, especially as States start to deal with major budget problems, especially Louisiana, and we deal with our own budget problems up here, the grants for emergency preparedness, for event planning, exercises, management, and all of those things, if we see a reduction in those grants, is it possible that we create a more general pool so that the local emergency preparedness offices can better utilize or prioritize what they need to use the grants for?
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Cedric Richmond
Democratic · Louisiana

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Richmond suggests creating a general grant pool for local emergency preparedness amid budget cuts.

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