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Kirsten Gillibrand: “We've seen FEMA money going to lots of red states for…”

Featuring: Kirsten Gillibrand, Democratic | U.S. Senate New York

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Gillibrand Celebrates Senate Passage of Her Legislation to Support Seniors

Published | Video Starts at 06:33

Well, we did because we've been truly advocating at the administration that they have to pay the FEMA money to blue states, too. We have been on a rampage about this because We've seen FEMA money going to lots of red states for disasters, but not coming for blue states. And I think that statewide advocacy, along with all our federal partners and the governor has been working and I think they finally are realizing they can't play politics with people's lives when they've suffered these natural disasters. (06:33–06:40)

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Asserts a disparity in FEMA funding distribution between red and blue states.

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