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Gary Peters: “Do you think it is time for us to take a look at the Stafford Act?”

On the recordOctober 30, 2017
Do you think it is time for us to take a look at the Stafford Act?
Said by
Gary Peters
Democratic · Michigan

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Peters questions the need to review the Stafford Act for better disaster response.

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