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Richard Shelby: “Today the program is nearly $18 billion in debt and has problems even servicing that debt.”

On the recordJune 8, 2011
Today the program is nearly $18 billion in debt and has problems even servicing that debt.
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Richard Shelby
Republican · Alabama

Editor's note · Context

Shelby highlights the financial struggles of the flood insurance program.

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