The federal government's data point, not right now. We're almost $39 trillion in debt. The federal government is bankrupt. Most of these funds are provided by local and state, as is … The federal government really comes in [after disasters] and does provide funding after the fact. … fire, is entirely preventable. So now the American taxpayer is going to be, you know, I'm supposed to join in a request for $33 billion because California leadership utterly failed and they were from rewriting budget surpluses to huge budget deficits. (45:25–45:29)
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Asserts that the federal government's role in disasters is primarily to provide funding after they occur.
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