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Graves' Issues Statement on Amendment Defunding Flood Management Executive Order

Statement

Date: May 1, 2015
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: National Security Government Budget and Spending

U.S. Representative Sam Graves issued the following statement after his amendment prohibiting funding for the Obama administration's Federal Flood Risk Management Standard (FFRMS) was adopted into the House Energy & Water Appropriations Bill on Thursday.

"This is the same tired story we've seen from the White House for the past 6 years," Rep. Graves said. "Not only is the Federal Flood Risk Management Standard a direct violation of standing law, it is a shameful overreach into our private property. The President cannot simply write his own laws when Congress has rejected his policies, and I am glad to see my amendment defunding this executive order passed during the appropriations process," Rep. Graves continued.


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