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Jill Tokuda: “If we can put a billion dollars a day into a war, can we put…”

Featuring: Jill Tokuda, Democratic | U.S. House Hawaii, 2nd Congressional District

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Rep. Jill Tokuda Lahaina Town Hall | FEMA, Flood Relief, Fire Recovery & Federal Updates – April 26

Published | Video Starts at 35:26

And a tornado in Montana, and I'm making names up, but every disaster area, which it should, which should get universal support. You know, If we can put a billion dollars a day into a war, can we put that kind of same investment into businesses that have felt like they've gone through a war and really need help rebuilding? Because that's putting food on people's tables, that's job security, you know, creating jobs for folks in our community. It's putting back. Right. (35:26–35:38)

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