Congress must address the $24.6 billion debt the program has accumulated responding to catastrophic storms.
Maxine Waters: “Congress must address the $24.6 billion debt the program has accumulated responding to catastrophic storms.”
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Waters urges Congress to tackle the significant debt of the flood insurance program from past disasters.
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