Article: GRASSLEY, HARKIN: MAKE IOWA EMERGENCY RESPONDERS A PRIORITY

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June 20, 2008
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Capitol Hill Press Releases
06-20-2008
For Immediate Release Grassley, Harkin: Make Iowa Emergency Responders
a Priority June 20, 2008 WASHINGTON - Senators Chuck Grassley and Tom Harkin,
joined by the rest of the Iowa delegation, today wrote Homeland Security
Secretary Michael Chertoff urging him to make Iowa first responders affected
by recent flooding a priority for existing federal grant funding. The letter
specifically asks for priority consideration for the Assistance to Firefighters
Grant Program (AFG) and Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response
Fighters Program (SAFER). "First responders acted bravely and heroically
to several recent natural disasters that have left Iowa ...

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