Biden administration requests $100B for disaster relief after hurricanes

Nov 18, 2024

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By Jack Aylmer (Anchor), Jodie Hawkins (Senior Producer), Jake Larsen (Video Editor)

The Biden administration is calling for bipartisan action and urging Congress to quickly pass a nearly $100 billion disaster relief spending bill. Around $40 billion 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.

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Further, $24 billion 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.

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“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,” President Joe Biden wrote in a letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson.

Biden noted that such hefty supplemental disaster aid is not a new thing. More than $120 billion was 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.

Tags: FEMA, Government funding, hurricane, Hurricane Helene, Hurricane Milton, Hurricane season, Joe Biden, Money, natural disaster

[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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