07/31/2013
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"One of the areas where I think we could spend more time in disaster management is the area of prevention."
"That's why I'm reintroducing my bipartisan legislation, the Repeatedly Flooded Communities Preparation Act."
"My concern is that when you look at the National Flood Insurance Program, the one thing we have to say is that it hasn't worked the way that it was intended to."
"I understand the real loss and impact that flooding has on our communities, because I have lived through them."