Senate Banking Committee Chairman Brown Issues Opening Statement at Hearing on National Flood Insurance Program
June 23, 2022
June 23, 2022
WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following opening statement at a hearing on June 16, 2022, entitled "Reauthorization of the National Flood Insurance Program: Protecting Communities from Flood Risk":
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Flooding is the most common and most costly natural disaster facing families, businesses, and communities across the country. And our failure to combat climate . . .
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Flooding is the most common and most costly natural disaster facing families, businesses, and communities across the country. And our failure to combat climate . . .