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On the recordSeptember 15, 2009
the position that you have been nominated to fill was created by the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act, which we authored.
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Susan Collins
Republican · Maine

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Senator Collins explains the importance of the position created for better FEMA management.

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