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George W. Bush: “I have reviewed your request for approval to issue notes to the Secretary of the Treasury in excess of $3.5 billion, but…”

On the recordNovember 20, 2005
I have reviewed your request for approval to issue notes to the Secretary of the Treasury in excess of $3.5 billion, but not to exceed $18.5 billion, for the National Flood Insurance Program and am hereby granting approval for you to do so.
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George W. Bush
Republican · Texas

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Memorandum on the National Flood Insurance Program

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