Last Congress, I introduced the Achieving Racial and Ethnic Equity in Disaster Response, Recovery, and Resilience Act to establish a dedicated office to help to address the disparities that we see in disaster response.
Peters highlights his previous legislation aimed at addressing disaster response disparities.
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