Lori Trahan actually said...

"I strongly support it."

"I have no higher priority than to ensure that the residents of my district and of your districts are safe from the kind of preventable disaster that struck the Merrimack Valley last September."

"We have an epidemic of schools failing to create contingency plans, wasting taxpayer dollars without answering to anyone on their financial viability."

"Budgets are a reflection of our priorities."