09/03/1998
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"If we had a decent crop insurance program, we wouldn't have to worry about disaster payments."
"We feel that the damage from this flood is going to be somewhere in the neighborhood of a billion dollars."
"I'm very sorry. I hope this will help, and I assure you we'll be very diligent in pushing to get this action through Congress."
"I know how hard it is."