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Tim Scott: “So many of them did not have flood insurance, and that is the real tragedy.”

On the recordMarch 13, 2017
So many of them did not have flood insurance, and that is the real tragedy.
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Tim Scott
Republican · South Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Scott highlights the tragedy of uninsured individuals during floods in South Carolina.

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