[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 25 (Tuesday, February 11, 2014)]
[House]
[Page H1730]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 PASS A BIPARTISAN FLOOD INSURANCE BILL

  (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 today to urge the House 
Speaker and the Republican leadership to take up the bipartisan flood 
insurance bill as soon as possible.
  Hardworking families all cross America, and plenty of small 
businesses as well, are facing exorbitant increases in their flood 
insurance rates. This is very harmful to their economic security and is 
really putting a damper on the economic recovery in communities all 
across the country. We need the Congress to fix this.
  After the reform bill was passed last session, no one imagined these 
exorbitant increases in flood insurance rates. The best course of 
action right now is to take up the bipartisan Senate-passed flood 
insurance bill that passed on January 30.
  We can work on this together, but we need action now.

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