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On the recordJuly 15, 2010
I think that we could work within existing regulatory and administrative offices to try to accomplish the same thing. FEMA has assured us that they have already a functioning appeals process, and on top of an Inspector General and continual GAO oversight of the NFIP program. So I think that the advocacy office itself is representing some duplicative and unnecessary bureaucracy and spending.
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Shelley Moore Capito
Republican · West Virginia
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govinfo.gov
Jul 15, 2010

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Speaker Capito discusses concerns about creating a new Office of the Flood Insurance Advocate.

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