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Stacey Plaskett: “But you can change that because you do have the discretion under the Insular Areas Act to take away that cost share.”

On the recordMay 21, 2019
But you can change that because you do have the discretion under the Insular Areas Act to take away that cost share.
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Stacey Plaskett
Democratic · Virgin Islands

Editor's note · Context

Plaskett argues for FEMA's discretion to waive cost share for small Territories.

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