Rep. Kat Cammack (R-Fla.) mentioned on Monday she’s “absolutely certain” Congress will contemplate a supplemental assist package deal to offer further catastrophe reduction to areas devastated by Hurricane Helene.
Congress final week handed a seamless decision (CR) to increase authorities funding at present ranges till Dec. 20, however the measure excluded further funding for FEMA catastrophe reduction packages.
“I’m absolutely certain there will be a supplemental,” Cammack mentioned in an interview on C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal” on Monday.
“My fear is that it turns into a political football, and, quite frankly, things like this, there’s no room for politics when it comes to disasters and emergencies,” she added.
Cammack expressed frustration on the present technique of counting on CRs.
“One of the dangerous things with the CRS and the continuing resolutions is that it’s not just enough to keep the government going. You’re not meeting the needs of where the country and your communities currently are at,” Cammack mentioned.
“So that’s why we need to actually go through the appropriations process and be thoughtful and strategic about where these dollars are going, rather than just a blank check and a rubber stamp,” she continued. “That’s missing complete swaths of people and needs that are out there.”
In a while Monday morning, President Biden mentioned he expects to ask Congress for a supplemental funding invoice for Hurricane Helene reduction, however that he didn’t have a price ticket for it but.
He mentioned asking Congress to return from its recess to think about a invoice is “that is something I may have to request, but no decisions are made yet.”
Congress is scheduled to be away from Washington till after the November elections.
Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida late Thursday as a significant Class 4 storm, bringing widespread devastation to folks’s houses and leading to scores of deaths throughout the south.
