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Roger Wicker: “The COASTAL Act is by no means a silver bullet for all the problems associated with flood insurance and NFIP.”

On the recordJune 8, 2011
The COASTAL Act is by no means a silver bullet for all the problems associated with flood insurance and NFIP.
Said by
Roger Wicker
Republican · Mississippi

Editor's note · Context

Wicker acknowledges limitations of the COASTAL Act in solving flood insurance issues.

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