In a major victory for PIA National’s advocacy efforts, the year-end federal funding package included several of PIA’s top legislative priorities and will have a positive effect on our members! Specifically: The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) was extended until September 30, 2020.The Cadillac Tax was permanently repealed.The Terrorism Risk Insurance Program (referred to as …
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This week, PIA National submitted testimony for a joint hearing in the House Financial Services Committee subcommittees on Housing, Community Development and Insurance and National Security, International Development, and Monetary Policy on the reauthorization of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program (TRIP). This hearing on the reauthorization of TRIP follows one held in the Senate Banking, Housing …
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Jason Smith was first elected to represent Missouri’s Eighth Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives during a special election in June 2013. He was reelected in November 2014. He is dedicated to protecting rural America against intrusive government regulations, expanding markets for farmers, and protecting his constituents’ rustic ways of life. Hailing originally …
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