And while we agree on the substance of the point, it's curious to see tone listed
alongside national defense, the economy, and other such matters of social import.
The Smarter Safer Coalition, an effort to reform the
National Flood Insurance Program by top insurers, environmental organizations including American Rivers, the Sierra Club,
National Wildlife Federation, Environmental
Defense Fund, Defenders of Wildlife, Ceres, and the Nature Conservancy,
alongside conservative groups such as the Competitive Enterprise Institute, American Conservative Union, and Americans for Tax Reform.