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On the recordNovember 29, 2017
There have been more than 50 major disaster declarations so far in 2017. Twenty of them were for disasters that occurred since your confirmation, including Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria.
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Nita Lowey
Democratic · New York

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Lowey highlights the number of disaster declarations in 2017 and their impact since the administrator's confirmation.

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