[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 21 (Tuesday, February 4, 2014)]
[House]
[Page H1554]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     THE FLOOD INSURANCE TRUST FUND

  (Ms. CASTOR of Florida asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. CASTOR of Florida. Madam Speaker, I rise to urge the Republican 
leadership here in the House to immediately take up the bill to provide 
flood insurance relief to millions of Americans across the country and 
develop a long-term solution for the flood insurance trust fund. Last 
week, the Senate passed, by a broad bipartisan vote, a bill to provide 
just such relief by a vote of 67 bipartisan Members in the affirmative.
  I urge the House Republican leadership right away to take up the 
Senate-passed bill in the House for a vote. We already have over 182 
bipartisan cosponsors that are ready to act.
  Madam Speaker, there is great skepticism that this Republican-
controlled House of Representatives will act to protect the middle 
class and to boost our economy across this country. Well, let's prove 
them wrong, and let's work together to pass a flood insurance relief 
bill as soon as possible. We can work together to solve this problem.

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