Biden administration requests $100B for disaster relief after hurricanes

[Jack Aylmer]

THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS CALLING FOR BI-PARTISAN ACTION … URGING CONGRESS TO QUICKLY PASS A MASSIVE 100 BILLION DOLLAR DISASTER RELIEF SPENDING BILL.

40 BILLION DOLLARS OF THE MONEY REQUESTED WILL GO TO FEMA’S DISASTER RELIEF FUND … AS AMERICANS IN THE SOUTHEAST ARE STILL CLEANING UP FROM MAJOR BACK-TO-BACK HURRICANES HELENE AND MILTON.

24 BILLION DOLLARS WOULD GO TO THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE TO HELP FARMERS …

12 BILLION WOULD BE GIVEN TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT’S FUND FOR COMMUNITIES.

8 BILLION WOULD GO TOWARD ROAD AND BRIDGE REPAIR ..

4 BILLION FOR WATER SYSTEM UPGRADES …

AND 2 BILLION TO THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION’S DISASTER LOAN PROGRAM.

PRESIDENT BIDEN WROTE A LETTER TO THE HOUSE SPEAKER SAYING … 

“FROM REBUILDING HOMES AND REOPENING CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, SUCH AS SCHOOLS AND ROADS — TO SUPPORTING THE NATION’S FARMERS AND RANCHERS AND ENSURING ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE SERVICES — IMPACTED COMMUNITIES AWAIT YOUR RESPONSE. THERE CAN BE NO DELAY.”

BIDEN NOTED THAT SUCH HEFTY SUPPLEMENTAL DISASTER AID IS NOT A NEW THING. MORE THAN 120 BILLION DOLLARS WERE PROVIDED AFTER HURRICANES HARVEY, IRMA AND MARIA IN 2017. 

CONGRESS MUST NOW DECIDE WHETHER TO TAKE UP THE REQUEST AS A STANDALONE BILL — OR PACKAGED WITH THE END-OF-YEAR SPENDING BILL.

FOR SAN – I’M JACK AYLMER. 

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