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Markwayne Mullin: “It's much cheaper for the communities and the states to take…”

Featuring: Markwayne Mullin, Republican | U.S. Senate, Oklahoma

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And so we're looking to reform FEMA to be there, but not to rebuild every structure there, not to finalize it. We want the communities to take it. Not to mention It's much cheaper for the communities and the states to take responsibility than for a federal contract. It's more cost effective. Everything that FEMA bills is like, I'll just use this for example. This is so ridiculous. (19:40–19:46)

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Asserts that local and state management of disaster recovery is more cost-effective than federal contracts.

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