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Kit Bond: “In response, the President is proposing to fund FEMA at an unprecedented $3.5 billion for fiscal year 2003 as a further…”

On the recordMarch 12, 2002
In response, the President is proposing to fund FEMA at an unprecedented $3.5 billion for fiscal year 2003 as a further down payment to ensure that the Nation will not be caught unaware again by a cowardly act of terrorism.
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Kit Bond
Republican · Missouri
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congress.gov
Jul 25, 2025

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Announcing the President's proposed funding for FEMA.

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