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On the recordSeptember 27, 2022
I will thank Rhode Island as well, and I can speak to the 2016 flood where the maps in Rainelle showed that there would be no flooding, and they were flooded six to eight feet in these houses.
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Shelley Moore Capito
Republican · West Virginia
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Senator Capito highlights inaccuracies in flood maps that led to significant flooding.

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