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Mike Johnson: “If you live on the coast, you got to rebuild at a higher…”

Featuring: Mike Johnson, Republican | Speaker of the United States House of Representatives | National

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Speaker Johnson joins The Lead with Jake Tapper

Published | Video Starts at 14:56

By the way, after hurricanes in Louisiana, the big events that we've had over the years, there's often strings attached to federal aid. For example, If you live on the coast, you got to rebuild at a higher elevation. You have to put your house up on stilts if you're on the coast. those kinds of things. And no one says that that's unreasonable. So we're being consistent with public policy. We're being good stewards of federal taxpayer dollars. (14:56–15:05)

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Asserts that coastal rebuilding in Louisiana requires higher elevation or stilts.

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