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Brian Schatz: “We were pretty pleased at how quickly the disaster…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 01:41

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. Mark Wayne Mullen, who's the new Homeland Security Secretary, is someone, you know, that I actually have a pretty good relationship with. He served in the Senate with me. (01:41–01:47)

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