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On the recordAugust 3, 2009
So if another catastrophic disaster happens this summer and either Texas or Mississippi or Alabama is hit and hundreds of thousands of children are displaced, as they were after Hurricane Katrina, we have to start all over again and get an Act of Congress to give people a back-up plan in the event that their school is destroyed.
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Mary Landrieu
Democratic · Louisiana

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Landrieu emphasizes the need for a backup plan for displaced children after disasters.

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