WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is requesting practically $100 billion in emergency catastrophe help after Hurricanes Helene and Milton, and different pure disasters.
In a letter Monday to Home Speaker Mike Johnson, Biden stated he has met firsthand with these harmed by the storms and heard what they want from the federal authorities. “Extra sources are crucial to proceed to assist these communities,” Biden stated.
The most important share of the cash, about $40 billion, would go to the primary catastrophe aid fund on the Federal Emergency Administration Company. A further $24 billion would assist farmers and $12 billion would go towards group growth block grants administered by the Division of Housing and City Improvement.
Johnson, R-La., stated Congress will consider the request and “we’ll be certain that we ship for the hurricane victims and the those who have suffered from that.”
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