But we don't have the infrastructure of an emergency response to deal with that. We need the help of the federal government. And that's exactly the role The federal government... has a fiscal capacity that none of our states have. And the definition of an emergency is something that couldn't have been prevented by the actions of the state. (03:06–05:23)
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Asserts that the federal government has greater fiscal capacity than states for emergency response.
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