United States Cassidy Tender

U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy M.D. R-LA led a group of Senators calling for the Senate Banking Committee to work towards a long-term solution for the National Flood Insurance Plan NFIP. Joining Cassidy in sending the letter are U.S. Senators Bob Menendez D-NJ Shelley Moore Capito R-WV Kirsten Gillibrand D-NY Marco Rubio R-FL Sheldon Whitehouse D-RI and Cindy Hyde-Smith R-MA.Within two years the National Flood Insurance Program has been subjected to ten short-term extensions. This ridiculous process has created significant uncertainty and anxiety for homeowners renters and small business owners in our states the Senators wrote in the letter.This letter comes after the announcement of a bipartisan agreement to pass the Disaster Supplemental which includes a short term extension of the NFIP. Cassidy has previously introduced legislation that would provide a long-term reauthorization and reform of the NFIP.