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On the recordJune 15, 2009
one of the startling things, and I say startling, things that I learned in the delta in The Netherlands is that this country does not even have flood insurance.
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Mary Landrieu
Democratic · Louisiana

Editor's note · Context

Landrieu highlights the absence of flood insurance in the Netherlands as a surprising fact.

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