One Wet Mess: Lawmakers, FEMA Howl Over Impending Flood Rate Hikes

After overwhelmingly passing legislation in 2012 to bring rates at the federal flood insurance program to actuarially-sound levels, members of the Senate Banking Committee sought to distance themselves from the measure.

By Arthur D. Postal | September 19, 2013 at 08:00 AM

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