We must ask why such major changes are being proposed without advance consultation with local governments and the full range of first responders charged with preventing, protecting against, and responding when incidents, man-made or natural, occur and why they are being proposed without consulting with--in fact, in a way that would bypass--the authorizing committees.
Collins questions the lack of consultation on proposed changes affecting local governments and first responders.
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