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Jill Tokuda: “We had to really make sure that there was coverage here to…”

Featuring: Jill Tokuda, Democratic | U.S. House Hawaii, 2nd Congressional District

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Rep. Jill Tokuda Lahaina Town Hall | FEMA, Flood Relief, Fire Recovery & Federal Updates – April 26

Published | Video Starts at 07:47

We did that. If you think about it, with hurricane insurance and all the hurricane insurance folks providers ran out on us and We had to really make sure that there was coverage here to the point of even having the hurricane relief fund here to provide reinsurance if another catastrophic hurricane comes. I think we've got to do the same now for, you know, floods and fires as well. (07:47–07:57)

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Asserts that Hawaii established a hurricane relief fund to provide reinsurance for catastrophic hurricanes.

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