I was going to give some comments in addition to my colleague from Alaska about the process and where we are and respond to some of the comments she has made. If the Senator from Rhode Island could wait a few minutes, is that possible?
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I ask our fellow Washingtonians to help this region, to be as patient as you can, to listen to what the first responders are saying because we're not out of danger yet.
Today we discussed what policies need to change and the practices we need to improve to be better prepared.
This $25.5 million dollar investment that helps this project is going to attract over $100 million in private sector development, and that is why you put federal dollars on the table, and that's what you sent me to Washington to do.
Technology can play a big role. We have to show people that the connection between the information that we can get, and then the actual action plan that we can put into place, that's where that's where the gaps are.
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