Congressman Edwards says Moffitt bill to eliminate ‘50 percent’ rule ‘might not be completely thought out’ • Asheville Watchdog

Congressman Edwards says Moffitt bill to eliminate ‘50 percent’ rule ‘might not be completely thought out’ • Asheville Watchdog

Western North Carolina’s congressional representative and a state senator pushing a bold Helene-related recovery plan are at loggerheads over the bill’s potential effects, with both issuing barbed statements about the other’s take on the proposal. U.S. Rep. Chuck Edwards says a state bill sponsored by Republican state Sen. Tim Moffitt that would eliminate a provision requiring owners of flooded properties to rebuild to modern standards if the da…