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    <p>Media attention is not enough.</p>
<p>Once the cameras leave, the people affected by Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria will still have to pick up the pieces and they will not be able to do that on their own.</p>
<p>Federal agencies must not only send emergency aid, they must create long-term and comprehensive recovery plans that get help into the right hands immediately.</p>
<p>Hurricane-affected Americans are not looking for a handout, they're looking for a hand up.</p>
<p><strong>Demand agencies step up and Congress step to it.</strong></p>
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