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Thad Cochran: “If you believe that the current distribution of assistance to firefighter grants is inequitable or should include…”

On the recordMay 12, 2009
If you believe that the current distribution of assistance to firefighter grants is inequitable or should include volunteer fire departments, I hope you will explore something akin to a set-aside that would allow the use of these funds and grants to send those firefighters to training sessions with the more urban and better-organized professional fire departments.
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Thad Cochran
Republican · Mississippi

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Cochran advocates for equitable funding for volunteer fire departments.

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