03/19/2018
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"Disaster has to be a Federal responsibility working with our local leaders from the State to the cities and counties."
"I think there should be major announcement so that both inner city and rural areas and urban areas are aware of that potential through the local government."
"The Federal Government should not run every aspect of our lives--but it is an umbrella on a rainy day--it is a shelter in a powerful storm."
"I think it is important to acknowledge again that when we speak we speak for our brothers and sisters in the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico."