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On the recordJuly 27, 2011
The NFIP is $18 billion in debt, not counting the 2011 storms or whatever borrowing it might have.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Durbin highlights the financial issues of the National Flood Insurance Program.

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