Maxine Waters actually said...

I will continue to call for the cancellation of this enormous burden that has already cost the NFIP nearly $4 billion in interest alone.

I really do believe that we need to forgive this debt.

I am going to be working very hard to try and convince my colleagues that we need to really, really step up to the plate.

Congress must address the $24.6 billion debt the program has accumulated responding to catastrophic storms.