"White House to GOP: Administration Followed Law for Flood Order"

"The White House legally complied with a new law in formulating a new executive order on flood risk management, an administration official told The Hill on Monday after Republicans questioned its legality.

'The Administration gathered stakeholder input as efforts were made to establish a new Federal flood risk management standard--including from state, local and tribal leaders, technical experts and others--and is holding public meetings across the country as well as a 60 day public comment period before the standard will be implemented,' the official said in an email.

Last week, a group of Senate Republicans sent a letter to President Obama questioning whether the administration followed the law by soliciting input from mayors, governors and other stakeholders for the new order."

Rebecca Shabad reports for The Hill February 9, 2015.