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Harry Reid: “So we have $100 million. That would do a lot. A lot that needs to be done is simply planning and designing how we will…”

On the recordSeptember 9, 2004
So we have $100 million. That would do a lot. A lot that needs to be done is simply planning and designing how we will do that. My point is, these are problems that are very difficult to take care of but they have to be done because you cannot have a situation such as we had in New York City where the people were dying in those towers because they could not talk to each other.
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada

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Discussing the need for funding and planning for emergency communication systems.

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