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On the recordMay 11, 2016
In order to understand why disaster costs are going up, we need to look at the big disasters, since that is where over 90 percent of the money goes.
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Lou Barletta
Pennsylvania

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Barletta highlights the need to focus on major disasters driving federal spending.

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