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Sam Graves: This is embarrassing what we are doing to people. It is costing taxpayers money. It is unaffordable, and I will say it…

On the recordOctober 21, 2019
This is embarrassing what we are doing to people. It is costing taxpayers money. It is unaffordable, and I will say it again. We are revictimizing disaster victims.
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Sam Graves
Republican · Missouri

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Graves criticizes the inefficiency and cost of disaster relief processes.

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