I'm so proud of them because for the very first time we acted in a way that disaster response should. You know, the way statute lays out is that Every emergency that happens in this country should be locally executed. That means the people that are closest to that emergency need to be the ones making the decisions to respond to people. (09:35–09:41)
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Asserts that local authorities should execute emergency responses.
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