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Jon Tester: “We need to get a long-term solution for this. Hopefully both sides of the aisle can work together to make that happen…”

On the recordJune 8, 2011
We need to get a long-term solution for this. Hopefully both sides of the aisle can work together to make that happen because this is very, very important.
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Jon Tester
Democratic · Montana

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Calls for bipartisan cooperation on the National Flood Insurance Program.

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