Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Deanne Criswell speaks via video during a news briefing with White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre at the White House on August 14, in Washington, DC.
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Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Deanne Criswell speaks via video during a news briefing with White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre at the White House on August 14, in Washington, DC.
Mandatory Credit: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

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