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On the recordJune 8, 2011
My proposal, which we are calling the COASTAL Act, would not add wind to the Flood Control Program.
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Roger Wicker
Republican · Mississippi

Editor's note · Context

Wicker explains his proposal aims to scientifically allocate losses between wind and flood.

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