They've taken the approach that all emergencies, weather related emergencies, hurricanes, floods, even in Arizona, extreme heat, which is a natural disaster just like any other. It's a slow moving natural disaster. But the extreme heat and the deadly cost of it, Over 600 of our fellow citizens dying each of the last two summers [due to extreme heat in Arizona]. is a natural disaster. They believe that that should all be borne by localities and states, that the federal government should no longer have responsibility for that. (16:01–16:06)
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Asserts that over 600 people have died each summer for the last two years due to extreme heat in Arizona.
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