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On the recordSeptember 8, 2016
What do we tell those people? Is the Stafford Act sufficient to respond to this disaster?
Said by
Garret Graves
Republican · Louisiana

Editor's note · Context

Graves raises concerns about the adequacy of disaster assistance under the Stafford Act.

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