Marco Rubio, Rick Scott push FEMA funding bill as members of Congress focus on re-election
As members of the Senate and House press their cases to voters who are already casting ballots in many states, two Florida Senators (including one on the ballot) want them back in Washington to fill a funding hole created by two major hurricanes.
U.S. Sens. Marco Rubio and Rick Scott are introducing a measure to put $20 billion in the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Disaster Fund.
“This bill, providing $20 billion for FEMA’s Disaster Relief Fund, will ensure that the agency has what it needs to provide immediate aid to folks in Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, the Carolinas and other states impacted by disasters while our local communities determine their needs from FEMA, SBA, USDA...
