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Susan Collins: “It includes, for example, funding for FEMA.”

Featuring: Susan Collins, Republican | U.S. Senate Maine

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Sen. Collins on DHS Funding

Published | Video Starts at 04:16

… that I would encourage them to review and that the vast majority of the funding in this Bill, more than 80%, is for non immigration and non border security functions. It includes, for example, funding for FEMA. We've just gone through a horrific storm that has caused a a lot of damage and FEMA is very important. It includes funding for tsa. (04:16–04:21)

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Asserts that the Homeland Security bill includes funding for FEMA.

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