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Donald Payne Jr.: If that empty chair isn't a perfect metaphor for this administration's response to Hurricanes Irma and Maria, I don't…

On the recordJuly 10, 2019
If that empty chair isn't a perfect metaphor for this administration's response to Hurricanes Irma and Maria, I don't know what is.
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Donald Payne Jr.
Democratic · New Jersey

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Criticism of FEMA's absence at the hearing on disaster recovery.

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