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Summer Lee: I believe that the Stafford Act should be modified to allow local communities that are devastated, particularly maybe…

On the recordJune 13, 2022
I believe that the Stafford Act should be modified to allow local communities that are devastated, particularly maybe large urban and large rural areas, to be able to activate the resources that FEMA has.
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Summer Lee
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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Jackson Lee advocates for changes to the Stafford Act to expedite disaster resource activation.

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