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Peter Welch: “FEMA was there in the immediate aftermath when people had…”

Featuring: Peter Welch, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Vermont

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Published | Video Starts at 00:40

In the storm metes out its suffering in a bipartisan way. There's no escaping it. But we need fema. That's what we learned in Vermont when the storm arrived. FEMA was there in the immediate aftermath when people had seen, literally their homes swept down a river. when the crops and farms had been destroyed, when businesses were ruined. FEMA was there to help in the immediate aftermath. (00:40–00:48)

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Asserts that FEMA provided immediate assistance after the floods in Vermont.

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