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On the recordNovember 18, 2014
there are studies that have been done that for every one dollar of prevention in the mitigation, you save $3 or $4 from relief after the post-event relief.
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Deborah Koff Ross
Democratic · North Carolina

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Ross emphasizes the cost-effectiveness of mitigation in flood management.

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