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Gary Peters: “I think there are a lot of lessons learned from that disaster as well that means that we need to take a hard look at the…”

On the recordOctober 30, 2017
I think there are a lot of lessons learned from that disaster as well that means that we need to take a hard look at the Stafford Act.
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Gary Peters
Democratic · Michigan

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Peters emphasizes the need to improve the Stafford Act based on lessons from past disasters.

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