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David Cicilline: “That is why I introduced my bill, the Preventing Disaster Revictimization Act, to require FEMA to wave those debts for…”

On the recordMarch 10, 2020
That is why I introduced my bill, the Preventing Disaster Revictimization Act, to require FEMA to wave those debts for victims in instances where the agency was at fault.
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David Cicilline
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Cicilline discusses his bill aimed at protecting disaster victims from debt collection by FEMA.

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