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Olympia Snowe: “Let me be clear. There is simply no excuse for Washington continuing to fund disaster accounts on an emergency and ad…”

On the recordSeptember 14, 2011
Let me be clear. There is simply no excuse for Washington continuing to fund disaster accounts on an emergency and ad hoc basis rather than preparing for them in advance.
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Olympia Snowe
Republican · Maine

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Snowe criticizes the ad hoc funding approach for disaster relief.

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