Mr. Speaker, local governments and electrical co-ops should not be penalized for taking out loans to jump- start disaster recovery for their communities. This bill will direct the administrator of FEMA to reimburse qualifying interest accrued on such loans. Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support this legislation, and I yield back the balance of my time.
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Mr. Speaker, we have no more speakers, and I am ready to close. May I inquire as to how much time is remaining. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Washington has 4 minutes remaining.
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