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Mike Johnson: “FEMA was slow to respond. They did not do the job that we…”

Featuring: Mike Johnson, Republican | Speaker of the United States House of Representatives | National

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Full interview Speaker Mike Johnson on Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan

Published | Video Starts at 03:04

So they need every, every available resource and all hands on deck. The rescue and recovery effort still going on and then we address the rest of it. But FEMA was slow to respond. They did not do the job that we all expect and hope that they will do. And there's going to be a lot of assessment about that as well in the days ahead. But hurricane season, as you know, lasts through the end of November. (03:04–03:11)

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Asserts that FEMA's response to the disaster was slow and inadequate.

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