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On the recordMarch 13, 2017
43 cents on every dollar to a private insurance company that is not on the hook for anything does not seem to me to be a system that ultimately works in the interest of the taxpayer.
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Bob Menendez Jr.
Democratic · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Criticizing the profit structure of private insurers in the flood insurance program.

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