“I think we can all unequivocally say in 2026, football is not going anywhere.”
“When giant corporations and Wall Street investors buy up all the fire truck manufacturers, it’s a threat to public safety.”
“I want to stop the spread. They are picking homes like you, and I pick tomatoes in the grocery store.”
“It is imperative that FEMA helps communities quickly respond to wildfires and increase their resilience to future wildfire disasters”
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On the recordOctober 16, 2011
Now, this is something the Governor's office, you know, I think on nine separate occasions had requested a Federal disaster declaration.
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Mike McCaul
Republican · Texas
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McCaul discusses the repeated requests for federal disaster declarations by the Governor's office.

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