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Deborah Koff Ross: FEMA at one time had 10,777. At this time, they are down, to their credit, they are now down, a year after Hurricane…

On the recordSeptember 26, 2006
FEMA at one time had 10,777. At this time, they are down, to their credit, they are now down, a year after Hurricane Katrina, to 9,778 brand new, fully furnished 16-foot wide, 60-foot long mobile homes, built-in whirlpools, built-in microwaves, fully furnished, 9,778 brand new, fully furnished manufactured homes that never got to storm victims from Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita. They are simply sitting in a hay meadow in Hope, Arkansas, more than a year after Hurricane Katrina and 450 miles from the eye of the storm. This is a symbol of what is wrong with this administration and this Republican Congress, and this is a symbol of why we need to pass the Blue Dog accountability plan, a plan that you helped write, that we wrote together to restore accountability to our government.
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Deborah Koff Ross
Democratic · North Carolina

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Addressing the inefficiencies of FEMA in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

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