CSPAN2 U.S. Senate August 17, 1006
Taken the Trump Administration by surprise. We knew the storm was coming. We knew for days that a category 5 hurricane was on a collision course with puerto rico, just as communities across the island were picking up after the pieces of irma. And we have known for years about the islands aging infrastructure like the downed power line pictured here. In short, all of us knew that Hurricane Maria was a recipe for disaster that would leave 3. 5 million americans in peril, disconnected, and in the dark. It should not have taken the administration 12 days to issue a disaster declaration, something ...
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