[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Page 6668]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            FLOOD INSURANCE

  Ms. LANDRIEU. Mr. President, I wish to speak for a few minutes in 
morning business to thank the leader for the remarks he has made and 
thank him and his staff for working with us throughout today, this 
afternoon, to try to mitigate against some of the difficulties that are 
being imposed not only on people in Louisiana but in many coastal 
States as these insurance rates rise because of new requirements in a 
bill this body never got to vote on because it never came to the 
Senate.
  I wish to correct something I said in the Record earlier.
  I am sorry. If the leader needs to finish his business, I will yield.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, if the Senator would be kind enough, we can 
move through this in about 2 or 3 minutes and then we will put it on 
automatic pilot for as long as the Senator cares to speak.
  Ms. LANDRIEU. Of course. I thank the leader.
  Mr. REID. I appreciate the courtesy of my friend.

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