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On the recordMarch 2, 2015
So, we don't yet--we haven't developed a built-in surge strategy yet, so we don't have the backup we would need, given a crisis, yet.
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Kirsten Gillibrand
Democratic · New York

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Gillibrand points out the lack of a surge strategy for crisis situations.

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