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Congressman. Our next guest of the morning is representative garret graves of louisiana and here to talk about what happens when the areas of the country get ravaged by storms. Could you give us yours experience in louisiana and take us back to what you did before you came to congress . Sure. We have a wlabd slachbd surveyi company, so ive spent my whole life in the unique terrain. But a few jobs back, i was responsible for largely restoring the coastal wetlands following 2005 hurricanes. One of the largest projects in u. S. History. And made extraordinary progress helping to improve the resilience of the communities and of the ecosystem in south louisiana. What did you learn about the federal governments role in those situations from the job that you did . It is backwards. The entire parra dichl how we approach disaster is backwards. We end up spending billions following a disaster rather than spending millions being proactive and improving the resilience of our communities. And there
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