Chuck Schumer actually said...

If people had $80,000 of damage and got $70,000 from their insurance company, the only amount we want them to get is $10,000.

Schumer clarifies the need to avoid overcompensation in disaster relief.

03/11/2014

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How many total people are there in South Dakota?

I have run this one by Doris Meissner, who sort of likes it for the immigration purposes.

This illustrates the point I think that both Mr. Ansolabehere and Mr. Gans were making.

It does not sound radical to me, but maybe the Inspector General was exaggerating or using too strong language.