NU Online News Service, Aug. 5, 2:44 p.m. EDT
WASHINGTON—Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., is warning that the federal government needs to do more to respond to growing demands for disaster assistance in the wake of "stronger weather events."
He makes his comments at a Senate hearing after Frank Nutter, president of the Reinsurance Association of America (RAA), said in a prepared statement that an increase in severe-weather events "requires a more forward-looking and proactive approach to financing recovery from disasters" from the U.S. government.
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