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Dan Webster: I would like to focus in on one thing, and that is a couple years ago there was sort of the storm of the century in the…

On the recordJune 27, 2017
I would like to focus in on one thing, and that is a couple years ago there was sort of the storm of the century in the Northeast, and there was about $50 billion it cost the federal government to pay for the damages that were done there.
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Dan Webster
Republican · Florida

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Discussing the financial impact of natural disasters and the need for resilient construction.

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