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Brian Schatz: “The Obama administration put forward a Federal Flood Risk Management Standard. Unfortunately, the last Administration…”

On the recordMay 17, 2021
The Obama administration put forward a Federal Flood Risk Management Standard. Unfortunately, the last Administration, the Trump administration, eliminated that standard.
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Brian Schatz
Democratic · Hawaii

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Criticizing the Trump administration for eliminating flood risk management standards.

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