Maria Cantwell: “In Washington, we now have counties or geographic…”

“How much is who willing to those. In the private insurance markets who see all of these things as threats to their bottom line. Oh, they're not. They're backing away. In Washington, we now have counties or geographic regions...saying they'll no longer insure based on fire damage and the threat of fire damage and risk. Yes. So that is happening and that's going to continue. So I, you know, I think I'm just counting on the American public.” (11:48–11:59)

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