E & E News: Lawmakers stunned as disaster funds left out of stopgap bill.
But some lawmakers from disaster-prone states — on both sides of the aisle — were aghast this week at the lack of additional dollars for FEMA’s already depleted disaster relief fund and other federal disaster programs. Many of them were incensed that the typically bipartisan priority had fallen victim to partisan squabbles at such a dire time.
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Florida Democratic Rep. Jared Moskowitz, one of Congress’ biggest boosters of disaster aid, said FEMA has a backlog of roughly $8 billion that it has been unable to dole out to states since early August.
The CR will allow FEMA to begin reimbursing states for money they have spent to rebuild during that time, he said, but that will cut into next year’s disaster response efforts.
“This problem, we’re gonna have to fix it again in December, because right now we’re basically robbing Peter to pay Paul by taking money from fiscal year ’25 to solve fiscal year ’24,” he said.
{INSERT: if anyone knows about robbing Peter to Paul it'd be ))) Moskowitz (((. When the hell has future aid to foreign countries ever been impacted by the following year's funding? NONE, only when it comes to AMERICANS. - DD}
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In what felt like a gut punch to Congress’ biggest disaster aid backers, congressional leaders opted to remove a $10 billion supplemental infusion for FEMA that House conservatives had added to their opening bid to extend government funding. {THANKS AGAIN, RINOs AND UNIPARTY!-DD}
The previous iteration of the CR, which the House defeated last week, included that sum — half of what the White House requested — to help replenish the agency’s disaster fund as Hurricane Francine was barreling toward Louisiana, the home state of House Speaker Mike Johnson and Majority Leader Steve Scalise.
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House Appropriations Chair Tom Cole (R-Okla.) and ranking member Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) both expressed disappointment that the supplemental funding had been struck — especially since in the end, Congress didn’t need the votes of conservatives opposed to new disaster funding for passage.
NBC Washington (August 15, 2024: FEMA has run out of money in the middle of hurricane season - NBC4.
Click2Houston: Where's the money? Displaced couple says FEMA is leaving them in limbo.
A New Caney family says they've been displaced for the past 4 months because of severe weather. During this time, they've been left in limbo by FEMA, which still hasn't sent them money they were approved for.
So sorry New Caney family. The Ukrainians and Jews are ahead of you and all other Americans standing in line for financial assistance. You know, it's because...uh...uh...Democracy for Ukraine and Israel is our bestest ally ever!
al-Reuters: Israel secures $8.7 BILLION in U.S. aid.
al-Reuters: Ukraine secures $8 BILLION in U.S. aid.
"Campaign promises" from all candidates: "We're going to make the rich pay their fair share! We're going to make things better for the middle-class." I've been hearing this for over 30 years. Knock on the urn holding my ashes and let me know WHEN it happens.
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