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On the recordOctober 24, 2011
Five years after the passage of that legislation, I think we can all agree that FEMA's implementation of the legislation is a mixed bag.
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Bennie Thompson
Democratic · Mississippi

Editor's note · Context

Thompson assesses FEMA's mixed results in implementing the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act.

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