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On the recordFebruary 16, 2011
I would be glad to work with you, but FEMA needs to actually start recovering this money and making sure that the controls are in place so that when the next disaster strikes--and inevitably it will--the same thing does not happen again.
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Susan Collins
Republican · Maine

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Collins emphasizes the need for FEMA to improve disaster recovery processes.

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