I want to underscore that, under the law, when FEMA's bucket gets low, the only thing they can do is stop ongoing recovery.
Mary Landrieu: “I want to underscore that, under the law, when FEMA's bucket gets low, the only thing they can do is stop ongoing…”
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FEMA must halt recovery efforts if funding is insufficient, impacting disaster response.
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