03/21/2017
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"To help communities tap into that funding source, because for a community to have to spend tens of thousands of dollars to produce data to challenge these maps is really difficult during these tough e..."
"That obviously is $26 million less. That is more than a 10 percent cut."
"I support FEMA's efforts to modernize the outdated flood maps with new modeling and more detailed data."
"I feel so strongly that the financial burden of providing the data that would lead to the most accurate possible flood maps shouldn't fall on the communities. It should be FEMA's responsibility."