FEMA's regional offices are absolutely essential to the disaster recovery process. We're talking about everything that's so important to folks hammered by the floods. Their home buyout, every bridge replacement, every culvert repair. The state of Vermont and Congress work closely with regional offices to facilitate all of these [disaster recovery efforts]. And without them, we have no one to work with. Let's fix fema, make it better, but not eliminate it. (00:50–00:58)
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