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Peter DeFazio: “FEMA acknowledged its failures, but it was also, as it was acknowledging its failures, it had other people on staff busy…”

On the recordJuly 17, 2018
FEMA acknowledged its failures, but it was also, as it was acknowledging its failures, it had other people on staff busy eradicating any trace of any consideration of climate change in its strategic planning.
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Peter DeFazio
Democratic · Oregon

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DeFazio points out FEMA's failure to address climate change in its planning.

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