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Roger Wicker: “If there is a levee, surely the property owner should get some reduced premium because that levee is there.”

On the recordJune 8, 2011
If there is a levee, surely the property owner should get some reduced premium because that levee is there.
Said by
Roger Wicker
Republican · Mississippi

Editor's note · Context

Wicker discusses the need for reduced flood insurance premiums for properties protected by levees.

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