State lawmakers from the Northern Panhandle are right to be skeptical about a proposal the West Virginia Legislature urging Congress to take another look at federal flood insurance rates. There is not much reason to believe many people in Washington will do much for the Mountain State.

As we reported several weeks ago, rates for federal flood insurance are going up dramatically. That is because the program is running short of money, primarily because of claims resulting from two major Atlantic Ocean storms.

A bill introduced in the House of Representatives would delay the increases, but it may not even emerge from a committee. That has prompted leaders in the West Virginia Legislature to consider a resolution urging Congress to act on the bill.

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