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On the recordMarch 19, 2013
When you bring in the concept of affordability, you are basically subsidizing the risk, and you are incentivizing people to build where, truthfully, unless they can afford to do it, they probably should not be building.
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Ron Johnson
Republican · Wisconsin

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Warning against subsidizing risk through affordability measures in flood insurance.

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