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Tim Walz: “FEMA is not there, and they are not there because they are furloughed.”

On the recordOctober 1, 2013
FEMA is not there, and they are not there because they are furloughed.
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Tim Walz
Democratic · Minnesota

Editor's note · Context

Walz highlights FEMA's absence due to furloughs during a critical hearing.

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