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Locals Are Better, ‘Has to Be a Better Mechanism’ for Disaster Relief

On Friday's broadcast of NewsNation's “The Hill,” Rep. Ami Bera (D-Calif.) responded to the proposal to abolish FEMA, saying, “Emergencies are best handled at the local and state level. I support the idea that.” However, federal assistance is needed in the case of large-scale disasters, and “we need better mechanisms” to get resources to local […]