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Barack Obama: The central rationale for the program - the difficulty of obtaining flood insurance through either the private market or…

On the recordJuly 20, 2010
The central rationale for the program - the difficulty of obtaining flood insurance through either the private market or State programs - simply does not apply to windstorm insurance in most markets.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Statement of Administration Policy: H.R. 1264 - Multiple Peril Insurance Act of 2009

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