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Brian Schatz: “We don't know yet. The county is still doing their damage…”

Featuring: Brian Schatz, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Hawaii

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Published | Video Starts at 01:31

You spoke about the flood recovery. I know that the Homeland Security funding recently passed. From the congressional perspective, what type of funds will be released for the Kona storms? We don't know yet. The county is still doing their damage assessment. And until they're done with their damage assessment, we don't exactly know what will be provided by the federal government. But you know, we were pretty pleased at how quickly the disaster declaration was approved by the President. (01:31–01:36)

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Asserts that the damage assessment for Kona storms is still ongoing.

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