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Catherine Cortez Masto: “It is not for new construction or new types of renewable energy or burying lines.”

On the recordNovember 13, 2017
It is not for new construction or new types of renewable energy or burying lines.
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Catherine Cortez Masto
Democratic · Nevada

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Cortez Masto explains the limitations of the Stafford Act regarding disaster relief funding.

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