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Maxine Waters: “I want to know from Mr. Berginnis, don't you think it is time we forgive this debt?”

On the recordMarch 15, 2017
I want to know from Mr. Berginnis, don't you think it is time we forgive this debt?
Said by
Maxine Waters
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Waters questions the necessity of forgiving the National Flood Insurance Program's debt.

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