03/12/2014
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"As a Senator from Louisiana, I did not want Hurricane Katrina to hit."
"I noted in the President's budget the $400 million in Pre-Disaster Mitigation Grants was included not as a part of the base budget because of restrictions, but as part of the aspirational budget."
"This budget was put together before, Mr. Secretary, as you know our new bill had passed."
"There has been story after story about the impacts one agency of this Department is having in particular: the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)."