| Water Resources Development Act Of 2013 |
May 9, 2013 |
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Mary Landrieu, D-LA
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"Time and time again, I have been on this floor, warning about affordability problems in the National Flood Insurance Program and offering proposals to address this. Despite my advice and objections, last summer Congress made a mistake and passed the Biggert-Waters bill which contained huge rate flood insurance rate increases for many homeowners and businesses."
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| Water Resources Development Act Of 2013—Continued |
May 8, 2013 |
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Robert Menendez, D-NJ
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"Mr. President, I rise in support of amendment No. 802, which I understand will be offered to the WRDA bill by my colleague from Louisiana Senator Landrieu which would stop flood insurance premiums from skyrocketing until FEMA completes its study on the affordability of premiums of the National Flood Insurance Program."
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| Climate Change |
February 27, 2013 |
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Sheldon Whitehouse, D-RI
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"The GAO High Risk List sounds yet another alarm that we are fools to ignore. For instance, GAO found that neither the National Flood Insurance Program nor the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation is prepared to deal with climate change."
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| Personal Explanation |
January 22, 2013 |
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Allyson Schwartz, D-PA
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"Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 7 on H.R. 41 “To temporarily increase the borrowing authority of the Federal Emergency Management Agency for carrying out the National Flood Insurance Program,” I am not recorded because I was absent due to illness."
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