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Joe Morelle: If they had followed their emergency authority, and they had deployed the quick QRF, we could have had close to 200…

On the recordSeptember 18, 2023
If they had followed their emergency authority, and they had deployed the quick QRF, we could have had close to 200 National Guardsmen--men and women here fairly quickly.
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Joe Morelle
Democratic · New York

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Morelle discusses the potential impact of deploying the National Guard sooner.

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