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On the recordNovember 16, 2010
What I disagree with is that the flood insurance program, acting as if a system which may be below, say, a 100-year level, doesn't exist.
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David Vitter
Republican · Louisiana

Editor's note · Context

Vitter expresses disagreement with the flood insurance program's treatment of substandard levee systems.

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