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Garret Graves: “The Federal Government used to just throw billions and billions of dollars in the aftermath of a disaster and didn't pay…”

On the recordSeptember 24, 2024
The Federal Government used to just throw billions and billions of dollars in the aftermath of a disaster and didn't pay appropriate attention, in my opinion, on the front end of what we can do to actually avert disasters.
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Garret Graves
Republican · Louisiana

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Graves emphasizes the need for proactive disaster prevention rather than reactive funding.

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