Tulsi Gabbard

If people say, yes, we want you to serve, then I will have the opportunity to actually bring this fresh leadership and problem-solving mindset to our legislature.

And if people say no,

Like, what have I lost?

Nothing.

I will have only gained experience and knowledge and understanding.

And so that's what happened.

And I knocked on every door in my district over like two and a half times and actually got to listen to people and hear about their concerns.

And they allowed me to serve in that role.

They have received some.

They've received some, but the bureaucracy, like the short answer is the bureaucracy of the government, FEMA in particular, has been extremely constraining and limiting in what people have been able to actually get.

The rebuild process hasn't even begun.

Because the cleanup is still ongoing.

The layers of toxic material are...

There were underground fuel storage tanks underneath the gas station that were incinerated.

And so the cleanup has required digging many, many layers below the surface to get out all of the toxic material before people can begin to go in and start to apply for the permits that they'll need to start rebuilding their homes.

That is the question.

Some of them have been, you know, they converted a hotel into kind of a long-term place for people to live at the state level.

Oh, man.

Staying with family.

A lot of people have been forced to leave because, you know, it's expensive.