The House Rules Committee met to consider a $12.14 billion supplemental disaster aid bill for recovery from damage due to hurricanes, wildfires, and other 2018 natural disasters. Appropriations…
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Sarah Wire was interviewed from Capitol Hill about the disaster relief bill scheduled to be debated in the House the following week and the Trump administration’s proposal to use 2018…
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FEMA Administrator Brock Long talked about the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) work in 2018 and looked forward to 2019. He suggested that FEMA was never intended to be a first…
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President Trump made remarks while touring fire damage in northern California. He was accompanied by FEMA Administrator Brock Long, California Governor Jerry Brown (D), California…
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Vice President Mike Pence reassured farmers attending the Sunbelt Agricultural Exposition in Moultrie, Georgia that the Trump administration would help them rebuild and recover from…
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E&E News' Nick Sobczyk spoke by phone about Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) funding in relation to recently-passed disaster recovery legislation.
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Telephone lines were open for viewer calls and social media comments on government response to a question about Hurricane Michael and other recent natural disasters: “Are we too reliant on…
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President Trump and first lady, Melania, met with American Red Cross workers helping with the recovery effort in Georgia, in the wake of damage caused by Hurricane Michael.
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President Trump received an update from FEMA Administrator Brock Long and Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue on the federal response to damage in Georgia from Hurricane Michael. Following…
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FEMA Administrator Brock Long led an update on response and recovery efforts for Hurricane Michael, a Category 4 storm that hit the Florida Panhandle two days before this news conference.…
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Air Force General Terrence O’Shaughnessy, commander of U.S. Northern Command, briefed reporters at the Pentagon about the Defense Department’s plans to support FEMA’s recovery and response…
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President Trump traveled to North Carolina to meet with federal, state and local officials about Hurricane Florence recovery efforts. Upon landing at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point,…
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Officials from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the Health and Human Services (HHS) Department and other federal agencies briefed reporters on the latest actions being taken…
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Michael Greenberger, Founding Director of the Center for Health and Homeland Security at the University of Maryland, discussed local, state and federal disaster responses. This interview…
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FEMA and other federal agencies gave an update on Hurricane Florence. As the storm made landfall, officials continued urging the public in affected areas to heed the warnings of local…
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Telephone lines and social media were open for viewer comments on the federal government’s preparedness as Hurricane Florence made landfall.
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Telephone lines and social media were open for viewer comments on the federal government’s preparedness as Hurricane Florence made landfall.
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Lieutenant General Russel Honoré (Retired), who commanded the military’s response to Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, talked about the government response to Hurricane Florence.
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Telephone lines and social media were open for viewer comments on the federal government’s preparedness as Hurricane Florence made landfall.
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During a Republican leaders news conference, House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) was asked about a recent tweet by the president challenging the number of reported deaths in Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria. The…
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