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On the recordOctober 18, 2021
if it is $17 billion over 10 years, that is $170 billion as opposed to investing $10 billion over 10 years in order to attempt to mitigate.
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Bill Cassidy
Republican · Louisiana

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Cassidy compares costs of hurricane damage to investment in mitigation.

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