Coatesville Dems: Mike Johnson refuses to call congress to vote on hurricane aid. HS Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas, "FEMA is currently fully funded to deal with Helene, but may face a funding shortage if another large storm hits the United States.” Milton CAT 5 200mph

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I believe an unlikely mix of alleged drug trafficking related politicos and alleged white nationalist related politicos united to elect the infamous “Bloc of Four” in the abysmal voter turnout election of 2005. During their four year term the drug business was good again and white nationalists used Coatesville as an example on white supremacist websites like “Stormfront”. Strong community organization and support from law enforcement, in particular Chester County District Attorney Joseph W. Carroll has begun to turn our community around. The Chester County drug trafficking that I believe centers on Coatesville continues and I believe we still have public officials in place that profit from the drug sales. But the people here are amazing and continue to work against the odds to make Coatesville a good place to live.

Monday, October 7, 2024

Mike Johnson refuses to call congress to vote on hurricane aid. HS Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas, "FEMA is currently fully funded to deal with Helene, but may face a funding shortage if another large storm hits the United States.” Milton CAT 5 200mph

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“Category 5 possible! In this video, 200 mph winds, where Hurricane Milton will go, and the life-threatening storm surge.

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“House Speaker Mike Johnson would not commit to bringing Congress back to session to vote on additional aid for victims of Hurricane Helene during an interview on Fox News Sunday. Despite a written request from President Biden and from a bipartisan group of Representatives and Senators which included Rick Scott and Jared Moskowitz, Johnson said there was no need to call a special session before Congress officially returns after the November election.

"That’s 30 days from now," Johnson said. "The thing about these hurricanes and disasters of this magnitude is it takes a while to calculate the actual damages, and the states are going to need some time to do that…

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said recently that FEMA is currently fully funded to deal with the effects of Helene, but may face a funding shortage if another large storm hits the United States. "Disaster Relief Fund has the resources it requires right now to meet immediate needs, the fund does face a shortfall at the end of the year," Mayorkas said.

"Without additional funding, FEMA would be required to forego longer-term recovery activities in favor of meeting urgent needs," Biden wrote in his request to Congress. "The Congress should provide FEMA additional resources to avoid forcing that kind of unnecessary trade-off and to give the communities we serve the certainty of knowing that help will be ongoing, both for the short and long-term."

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Mike Johnson Refuses to Call Back Congress to Vote on Hurricane Aid

Congress has not fully funded FEMA for the 2024 hurricane season

Troy Matthews

October 7, 2024

Project 2025 outlines changes to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, including reducing the federal government’s share of local disaster relief contributions from 75% to 25%, privatizing flood insurance, terminating FEMA’s grants and raising the per capita threshold for providing FEMA public assistance.

Experts told PolitiFact the changes, if adopted, would reduce FEMA’s support to state and local governments and hinder disaster response.

Project 2025 is the conservative Heritage Foundation’s 922-page guide for an incoming Republican administration.

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POLITIFACT