FEMA Funding Would Change Under New Republican Bill

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Republican U.S. Representative Nancy Mace has introduced a new bill that would pull all funding from the Shelter and Services Program of FEMA.

In the aftermath of the devastation wrought by Hurricane Helene across the Southeast, a new bill aims to reform funding by the Federal Emergency Management Agency .Republican U.S. Representative Nancy Mace of South Carolina has introduced a bill that would pull all funding from the Shelter and Services Program of FEMA and rededicate it to disaster relief, a plan prompting a financial expert to say, 'election year political posturing is overriding common sense.

'The Shelter and Services Program is a completely separate, appropriated grant program that was authorized and funded by Congress and is not associated in any way with FEMA's disaster-related authorities or funding streams.'Mayorkas previously said that FEMA was 'meeting the immediate needs with the money that we have,' adding that the agency did not have enough funding to support another hurricane this season.

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