NU Online News Service, July 31, 1:35 p.m. EDT

WASHINGTON–The House hopes to hold hearings this fall on flood insurance issues and will seek to persuade the Senate to add wind coverage and other provisions to the National Flood Insurance Program, Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., said on the House floor this week.

Rep. Frank, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, made these comments on the House floor Tuesday, during debate on legislation that will extend authorization for the current NFIP. Authorization for the current version has already been extended twice.

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