[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 36 (Tuesday, March 4, 2014)]
[House]
[Page H2102]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                    NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM

  (Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, we will finally vote on the Homeowner 
Flood Insurance Affordability Act.
  Times are still tough for many hard-working families. Federal 
agencies like FEMA should not be in the business of making things 
tougher. Yet that is exactly what FEMA's callous and impractical 
administration of the National Flood Insurance Program is doing. 
Homeowners in south Florida, and throughout our Nation, cannot afford 
the astronomically increased insurance premiums forced on them by FEMA.
  Without action to correct this agency's abuse, many family budgets 
that are already at the breaking point will fall apart.
  Although I support passage of this vital bill today to protect our 
families and the American Dream of homeownership, we absolutely must do 
more to help bring premiums down.

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