fema provided no. despite increase since we were not notified of the supplemental request until it was submitted to congress in august. last month. and the request was tied to ukraine's pending. in the wake of one of the deadliest fires in united states history, a supplemental request for additional disaster funding comes with strings attached to ukraine. think about that in the audience if you are watching us. the american tax payer, the people that are suffering from disasters and somehow could not be bothered to discuss getting the drf refunded until august and it is tied to ukraine. >> i cannot reconcile that. i have overarching concerns about decisions being made. domestic response activities tied to ukraine. we see fema under the administrations, significantly expanding its mitigation programs and ways that no longer require projects to demonstrate that they will, in fact, reduce cost or save lives. all in the name of equity and climate change. female resources. despite, fema being understaffed a

first asked fema in february. it is a long time ago now what it was going to do to avoid the drf running out of money since fema's own monthly reports indicated the drf was projected to be depleted by now in september where we are. fema provided no real solutions or answers, despite ongoing increase since we were not notified of the supplemental request until it was submitted to congress in august. last month. and the request was tied to ukraine spending. in the wake of one of the deadliest fires in united states history, a supplemental request for additional disaster funding comes with strings attached to ukraine. think about that in the audience if you are watching us. the american tax payer, the people that are suffering from disasters and somehow could not be bothered to discuss getting the drf refunded until august and it is tied to ukraine. i cannot reconcile that. i have overarching concerns about decisions being made. that waste taxpayer dollars and reduce our readiness. domestic response activities tied t

fema now sells it. a lot of people, about 5 million fema policies which is way short of the number of policies there should be. a lot of people don't buy it because it's not cheap. host: the gao puts the program of flood insurance on its high sk list year after year. they say it's experienced difficult chaenges because it's tasked with two competing goals, keeping it affordable and keeping the program solvent. it has led tium rates that that has transferred some of the ncial burden for individual property owners to taxpayers. as of september, 2022, the debt was huge after having canceled $16 billion of debt in 2017. guest: that is changing. the flood insurance program that fema runs has always been a hybrid of an insurance program and a social welfare program. as you say, there are these two conflicting demands in federal law that say it should be run like a business, like your homeowner insurance reflection rates. the flood insurance should reflect the flood risk of your property and yet there is langu

wepr know response from lettersf the full committee to fema that the key fema personnel have been diverted by the secretary to assist with bringing people into the country illegally. the emergency food and shelter program to help homeless americans has become a program for foreignun nationals residing in our communities and in our cities. i know that i may disagree with any of my colleagues on the role of the federal government and what it should play when it comes to disasters, but regardless, fema should not be used to advance objectives and fema resources, taxpayer resources should not be diverted for other purposes unrelated to its mission. ultimately, all of this impacts the readiness and ability to respond to disasters happening across our country from maui's wildfires to hurricane idalia and multiple flooding events. we can debate the role of the federal government, but at the very least, we need to ensure that fema is focused on its core mission because that is the oneh thing that this congress or a congress andbu the president agreed to an assigned to law. i look forward to hearin

people talk about fema's mission .ook at the authorizing language, passed after hurricane katrina, it does not speak to just natural hazards but hazards at the request of federal agency or the president's directions, fema has that approval. john: the biden administration asked for a total of $16 million more for fema. shouldn't we be thinking about different ways of funding fema? >> we have actually started that. this goes back to 2011, when we faced hurricane irene, and we had less than $300 million in the relief fund. at that time, the then director and then speaker of the house got together and agreed to fund fema at higr levels above the top line of the budget so that they could ensure that all the recurring risks we are seeing that fema was funded. with the more recent frequency of disasters, and having to come in mid-year for supplementals, we may need congress to think about that top line and give more headroom in the budget so they are not having to deal with these issues as we go into the peak of hurricane sea

fema supports the government. when you think there may be something happening, getting in with the state, putting people in place, teams working together so they are sitting side-by-side with state counterparts. so you do not get a gap between what the state may be leading and what fema is thinking because they are sitting right by each other. host: i will invite our viewers to call in if they have a question or comment. our lines are by region. eastern and central time zones, call at (202) 748-8000. mountain or pacific, (202) 748-8001. if you are announcer: you can watch the rust on our website at span.org. to florida where president biden is talking about federal support after hurricane idalia. pres. biden: thank you for sticking with me and showing me around, mr. mayor. i walk around here and look at these homes. for the grace of god, can you imagine, can you imagine this tree falling on the roof of your home? i met the family who lives one door down from this church. they caught something 75 feet to 100 feet l

it is not fema's money. appropriated for responding and recovering from disasters under a staffer act. this fund is in addition to the normal money fema has. this is the money actually used to pay for the response, pay for the recovery, provide grants to individuals. this bond is appropriated annually, but when you get a loss of disaster activity, from time to time, they have had to come back and do supplemental which is outside the budget. they had to put more money back into the disaster relief fund. they had to do it with hurricane sandy and in 20 with three hurricanes, with hurricane ian as well. normally, the budget carries fema through their gear and disaster response. but as we see more and more disasters, the fund is now down to around $3 billion. fema had to make a decision that they can no longer do permanent work. this means there is money to respond to the valley disaster and future disasters that will occur in the short run, -- to the maliki -- maui disaster if future disasters that will occur i

it is not fema's money. appropriated for responding and recovering from disasters under a staffer act. this fund is in addition to the normal money fema has. this is the money actually used to pay for the response, pay for the recovery, provide grants to individuals. this bond is appropriated annually, but when you get a loss of disaster activity, from time to time, they have had to come back and do supplemental which is outside the budget. they had to put more money back into the disaster relief fund. they had to do it with hurricane sandy and in 20 with three hurricanes, with hurricane ian as well. normally, the budget carries fema through their gear and disaster response. but as we see more and more disasters, the fund is now down to around $3 billion. fema had to make a decision that they can no longer do permanent work. this means there is money to respond to the valley disaster and future disasters that will occur in the short run, -- to the maliki -- maui disaster if future disasters that will occur i

as you have heard, the president visited fema. the reason he went over there was to principally he thanked person out there on the floor of the national response coordination center, who worked 24/7 to make sure that we are cabled -- capable to responding to what is happening across the country. he thanked people what -- for what they are doing and it is important we acknowledge these work because those are the unsung heroes. the fema folk and the people out on the field helping americans. he has directed us to ensure we have a fully coordinated whole of government efforts to support people in the aftermath of this store. -- storm. administrator criswell flew to florida yesterday as soon she completed briefing him on what was happening in florida and the meeting he convened on maui and she is joining governor desantis today conducting the damage assessment in the state. when he was over at fema, he will glide to florida on saturday to visit the areas most impacted by the hurricane and there are approximately 1500 federal responder

fema now sells it. of people, about 5 million fema policies which is way short of the number of policies there should be. a lot of people don't buy it because it's not cheap. host: the gao puts the program of flood insurance on its high risk list year after year. they say is experienced difficult challenges because ' tasked with twopeting goals, keeping it affordable and keeping the program solvent. it has led to premium rates that do n reflect the full loss that has transferred some of the financial burden for individual property owners to taxpayers. as of september, 2022, the debt was huge after having canceled $16 billion of debt in 2017. guest: that is changing. the flood insurance program that fema runs has always been a hybrid of an insurance program and a social welfare program. as you say, there are these two conflicting demands in federal law that say it should be run like a business, like your homeowner insurance reflection rates. the flood insurance should reflect the flood risk of your prope

i directed fema to help you in every way they can. fema can find and replace these wooden poles with steel poles that are much safer and much more resistant to further kinds of storms like this. families are piecing their lives back together, through it all, you have seen things that are good too. neighbors helping neighbors. with determination and optimism. the spirit of this community is remarkable. the most important thing you can give people when they are in trouble is hope. there is no hope like your neighbor walking across the street to see what they can do for you. and someone coming in offering what they can do to help. and hundreds of dedicated line workers are here restoring power. i asked an estimation of how many line workers from other states came, knowing the hurricane was coming? 20 states, including georgia and alabama, since line workers to establish connections in this state. 20 different states. to get this community back. i have been in frequent touch with governor desantis as the made landfall. my director and fra

during a briefing at fema headquarters, president biden noted his approval of emergency declarations and cited his conversation with governors in the region. >> that evening. mr. president, it meant a lot to here that you brought pizza for them. [laughter] i have not delivered pizza since 1979, and it meant a lot. i want everyone here to know that i had the honor of being present when the president called each of the governors yesterday and spoke with the american people about the federal government's response in partnership with state and local authorities in addressing the disasters that have hit our country all too often with all too much gravity, given the impacts of climate change. the governors were incredibly appreciative of the response of the federal government and our present championed all of the work that you do each and every day and the work being done out in the field. it is my privilege to introduce our greatest champion, the president of the united states. thank you very much, mr. president. [applause] president biden: my mother would say i apologize to my back. i ap

earlier this week, i visited fema headquarters in washington. to thank the emergency responding personnel for working 24/7 here in florida and throughout the southeast, and in maui, and hawaii. i want to reiterate that appreciation today. i also convened my entire cabinet as part of a whole of government response. and that response is to increase the number and intensity of the extreme weather events, and be aware we are going to use all the resources available in the government to do it. nobody can deny the impact of climate crisis. at least nobody intelligent can deny the impact of the climate crisis anymore. just look around. around the nation and the world, for that matter. historic floods, intense droughts, extreme heat, deadly wildfires. ones that have caused serious damage like we've never seen before. just since being president, in two and a half years, i've flown over more land burned to the ground as a consequence of wildfires then occupied the entire land of the state of maryland. from down in new mexico up to montana it's been devast

we want to talk a bit further here about these fema zones here with former fema coordinator mark nouveau. mark, it's good to see you. and we appreciate the time to help us understand what this means for people in some of these disaster prone areas in the bay area. let's put the zones that are going to be eligible for this funding up on the screen. once again, these resilient zones, one of them in san francisco, four of them in alameda county and two of them in santa clara county. so these zones are based on fema's national risk index. what are the criteria for that? fema is using to identify these particular areas that they believe are not prepared for disasters? yeah what? hi, alex. hi, heather. what they've done is they've taken a look across the country at different geographic zones, as you talked about, and they took a look at those zones for a number of things, 18 different criteria, a couple of them being, you know, have these areas been affected by disaster previously? what are the socioeconomics within the community? and those are just some of them. but what they're trying to do

and here at fema today, a few moments ago, i received a call from your administrator, who is in florida, helping them recover, at least doing the initial assessment of the category 3 storm that made landfall. this morning i spoke again, it seems like we should be on direct dial, government -- governor desantis and i spoke and i let him know i approve the major disaster declaration and i spoke with governor mcmaster's about south carolina's emergency declaration as well. on the day before i spoke with the governors of north carolina, georgia. it means we are making available assistance for florida survivors whose homes were destroyed and we are hoping florida and south carolina with meals, water, and debris removal that will help the states begin the road to recovery. and do it immediately. but before we do anything, i'm here to thank all of you. and i really mean this. thank you. thank you. thank you. you are making an incredible contribution. i hope the american people have a sense of and it's hard to understand it because, you know, we usually don't, we, we're not this engaged this of

right now fema still has enough money to respond to these disasters.ng is they are not able to do any of the permanent repair work so if it hasn't started it can't start, and as we continue to see more disasters, it's going to put communities behind in their recovery efforts. >> of course, september is one of the busiest months of the hurricane season. there's a lot more that could be coming down the pike in the coming weeks, so is that $4 billion enough? what would that cover? >> going to what they call the immediate need of funding, states calling out national guard and federal assistance. the debris pickup in the help of families and individuals that are impacted in these storms, so fema is focusing on that. they are not doing any of the repair work in these disasters. they have stopped, that and so until they get more money they will continue to focus on just those immediate needs until they get additional dollars. >> we do know that in the disaster relief fund currently there are -- there's $3.4 billion, and without this additional funding, what c

with the horrific maui fires and hurricane idalia hitting weeks apart the question is does fema have the funds to back up the president's promise? nbc's alice barr is in washington with a look at how congress could provide help when it reconvenes. >> reporter: along florida's gulf coast today survivors of hurricane idalia are starting to pick up the pieces of their lives the same heart wrenching task under way in maui after catastrophic wildfires. in a surprise visit today president biden promising full federal support >> i am here to make clear the nation has your back. >> reporter: but the head of fema warned the agency's disaster relief fund is running tain jerously low down to $3.4 billion. >> while immediate needs funding ensures we can still respond to disasters it is not a permanent solution. >> reporter: president biden urging gop lawmakers seeking spending cuts to get on board. >> we need this money done. we need the disaster relief request met. we need to do it in september. >> many republicans oppose the proposal to link disaster relief funds to more emergency money for uk

how does fema prioritize assistance at this state? >> what they did was they implemented what they call immediate needs funding. the only thing they're paying for going forward are response costs, picking up debris and the assistance to families and individuals through their grant programs. so all of the initial response and initial recovery they're still funding. what they are not funding is any permanent work that needs to go forward, whether it's this disaster or disasters previous. that means for a lot of governments, particularly at the local level, they could see delays of four to six to eight weeks before they could even begin starting the process to rebuild from this and previous disasters. >> any sense of a more long-term fix? it's still early in hurricane season. is it time to reframe or rethink how fema operates in the face of all of these disasters? what's a more long-term fix? >> well, again, i think they're going to need more sustained funding from the taxpayer to keep the disaster relief fund funded at levels, because w

, to devastating tornadoes in the midwest, fema warning it's down to $3.4 billion in disaster relief funds, enough for a few more weeks. the agency prioritizing immediate needs for victims of idalia and last month's maui wildfires. president biden pleading with congress for an extra $16 billion. >> we're going to need a whole hell of a lot more money, and we need to do it in september. we can't wait. >> reporter: meanwhile, in florida, local first responders go door to door offering help while the state delivers trailers to those who lost everything. >> i trust our senators and congressmen hopefully to be able to work it out in a good way. you know, as governor i'm going to be pulling whatever levers i can to be able to help folks >> reporter: people here praying washington comes through including 10-year-old luke clampett, who spent the day clearing his grandma's destroyed home if you could tell the president anything, what would you say >> help us clean up this place, and help us try to rebuild. >> even the kids there in the big bend of florida asking for help maggie, we heard in y

there's a big fight in congress how to put more money into fema as the fema administrator has warned. also mentioned senator rick scott is there. and all of these meetings continue, and eat it. >> that is right too. we were able to drop in on just a little bit of that. we are going to be monitoring for the rest the day sue else the president has to say. we are going to be watching that you never know when the president could say something interesting but got a camera on the ground and hopefully we will get the cell service back up and get the signal back up and see what's going on. >> exactly the same moment by moment thing we are back at 4:0l editorial report, that is coming up next. i brought in ensure max protein with 30 grams of protein. those who tried me felt more energy in just two weeks! uuuhhhh... here, i'll take that! woohoo! ensure max protein, 30 grams of protein, 1 gram of sugar. enter the $10,000 powered by protein max challenge. .. what do we always say, son? liberty mutual customizes your car insurance... so you only pay for what you need. that's my boy. now you get o

fema has been incredible. they have been on the ground since a few days they were able to tour with fema leadership, as well as folks from region one. we are grateful for that help. we want to make sure that, over the long term, we are committed to working with fema and dhs to make sure that we can find long term solutions, for small businesses in particular, to fill in this gap and recovery. along these lines, mister secretary, what can congress do to a dhs in fema in continuing to react to natural reactors like this? like the flooding in vermont. it was supposed to be 100 year flood cycle. it happened and recently as 12 years ago. what can we do to partner with you to be more prepared? >> thank you very much, congresswoman. i look forward to partnering with you and other members of the committee to address the challenges that our nation faces. one critical need is, of course, funding. the services in assistance and we provide whether that is financial relief, so that businesses and individuals alike can rebu

as well as the fema administrator. earlier in the day he was speaking to some first responders and other storm survivors in that part of the state of florida with senator rick scott, ron desantis is not meeting with president biden there during this trip. the president was talking about that a few moments ago in his remarks that he has been in frequent touch with governor desantis but the president went on to say that he was hardened by the fact he did get some praise -- the federal government got some praise from senator scott earlier on the day. you also heard the president say, just a few moments ago, a few words about what took place in jacksonville, florida, that hate filled mass shooting that took place at the dollar general in baxendale about a week ago. he said in his remarks, hate will not prevail in america. racism will not prevail in america, the present went on to say. we will stay on top of the president's visit in florida. we will bring developers to you. in the meantime we want to go to our other top sto

i worked with fema on a multitude of disasters. right now fema has to work.nd, recover and rebuild. we're having disasters all over the country, in blue areas, red areas. why does it need to come out of homeland? fema was never intented to be in homeland. it was intended to be a cabinet agency. got swept up in to homeland after 9-11. to be one of 20 agencies, this needs to be a direct report to the president. we need to get rid of that red tape, ged writ of that bureaucracy. this will make fema more fast and responsive. >> neil: we'll watch it closely, gentlemen. it's encouraging to see both of you standing together, talking nice. that does happen now and then. you're both to be commanded. thank you, gentlemen. >> thanks, neil. >> neil: meantime here a dust up outside the united nations right now. the iranian president is speaking. let's just say generating some crowds. ♪ i have type 2 diabetes, but i manage it well. ♪ ♪ jardiance ♪ ♪ it's a little pill with a big story to tell. ♪ ♪ i take once-daily jardiance, ♪ ♪ at each day's staaart. ♪ ♪ as time went on i

fema has had its hands full this year.ration became part of the conversation on whether fema should play a role. do you believe that there is an immigration crisis facing us? representative? i'm not an immigration agency, but what i can tell you is that my agency will continue to focus on supporting jurisdictions that are managing the care of immigrants. as president biden has asked congress for $12 billion to replenish the disaster relief fund. coming up tonight at 11, a fire district on the peninsula looking to make a big donation to the island of maui. but could it get approved during tonight's special session ? in a bit of a mild weather pattern to continue, but with that, we do have a fire weather watch for a part of the bay area as we go into the next 36 hours. i'll have that coming up. at first, elon musk's brain chip company will soon start human trials. today's announcement on this groundbreaking technology at cretors, we handcraft every batch of our delicious popcorn. like our cretors cheese and caramel mix. grea

fema showing parts of the bay area that are most at risk of weather-related disaster. what you can do now to be prepared when disaster strikes. and the raiders and warriors have left oakland, and the a's have a foot out the door. but one oakland team could be moving a step closer towards getting a new stadium built. >>> the news at 5:30 starts now. i'm janelle wang. >> and i'm raj mathai. >>> was it a freak accident or could it happen again? a new report shows answers on the windows that broke earlier this year in highrises. experts found several of the windows were actually cracked before the wind storms back in march. here is nbc investigative reporter. >> reporter: although the city was hit with gusts up to 70 miles an hour, the wind was not the main cause for many of the 31 window failures. in some cases windows had already cracked due to heat-related stress. in others the windows had defects detected beforehand. >> this entire dynamic has to be changed and brought to the dawn of the middle of the 21st century. >> reporter: supervisor aaron peskin says it will help

fema's national response coordination center and those out on maui. it is amazing. >> two opposite ends of the country. the president also urged republican lawmakers seeking spending cuts to restore fema's low disaster relief fund. mr. biden will be traveling to florida on saturday to take a look at the damage first hand. damian trujillo has been in florida since before the hurricane made landfall and joins us tonight from pasco county north of tampa. >> reporter: there are several cars in the community that were abandoned as people tried to escape flood waters. today was about cleanup and repairs. the mcdonald's spent the morning trying to get things back to normal after hurricane idalia went through their community. >> that is our neighbor's boat. >> reporter: the boat washed ashore from the local canal and landed on the mcdonalds back yard. >> a little weird. a different lawn piece for sure. i don't know how we'll get it out. >> reporter: they were some of many evacuated before the hurricane hit the florida gulf coast. those who didn't leave forced

understand over 27 federal partners including fema, epa, u.s. army and the small business administration are helping the people of maui get back on their feet. i appreciate the hands-on approach, represented and senators in and how their supporting and advocating for their neighbors. top of mine for the congress at this moment of a threatened government shutdown must be to ensure that the recovery work continues uninterrupted for the people of maui. today i hope we can learn more about the conditions that cause the fire and what else congress can do for the island. there are things that we do know already. we know that strong winds from a nearby hurricane combined with drought conditions and dry vegetation led to advanced warning of fire on maui we know that the fire started on the edge of town in lahaina on the west coast and quickly grew out of control. ultimately devastating account and claiming the lives of too many neighbors. fire crews were deal with another fire miles away. we know that people are still suffering from the losses of their

this comes as fema says it's expanding its disaster relief coverage for florida residents.cole valdez tells us, the expansion of benefits is a huge relief for those hurricane victims. this was all our house, basically. all of the decor and furniture we had, at least for inches of standing water filled. michael booker's shore acres home last week. the coastal community hit hard when hurricane idalia flooded florida's big bend region with several feet of storm surge. pretty devastating. the amount of stuff that we had in there that needs to be replaced. now, booker is just one of dozens of families now throwing out waterlogged belongings and gutting their homes. the bottom drawers both had water in them with our clothes that were still in there. idalia causing billions of dollars in damage that experts warn could take years to fix. i wasn't sure what it was going to be like. it was going to be like aida. but when we opened and found out it was a lot worse than aida, which was, you know, two and a half years ago, because this time it went through the entire house. so it was ju

fema unveiled this map zooming into the bay area, you can see a breakdown. the yellow are areas with moderate risk, the orange is relatively high. the red is very high risk. the risks include things like wildfires, earthquakes and flooding and the amount of damage that could be done by a disaster. but there's one other critical color here, the teal zones are the so-called community disaster resilience zones. those are considered some of the riskiest places in the state and are identified. fema says moving forward these zones will receive prioritized access to federal funding, something that hasn't always been the case. >> historically it's generally been those who have been most marginalized, lowest income, have ended up in the places that are most prone to certain risks such as flooding. i think it's smart to both invest and protect our most vulnerable residents and to do so in a pro-active way. >> and talking about most vulnerable residents, ian, i'm wondering, because i was looking at that map, there are so many colors on there, which neighborhoods are in

even fema's disaster relief funds could actually dry up.h any of this, mr. president. the senates bipartisan cr will ensure that none of the bad things that i have just enumerated happened. i urge strongly these members of both chambers to come together to pass this bridge cr and move forward. from the hard right extremists who are hell-bent on destroying trust in government and hurting millions and millions of middle-class families. now, on labor and the uaw and wga. early this morning, on my way before i came to washington, i went to rockland county new york and stood with uaw local 3039 on the picket line and solidarity. rain or shine, today was mostly rain. uaw local 3039 is out there. standing for a fair and equitable contract to share in the profits they helped create. we must not forget during the auto crisis of 2008, unions and workers gave back 20. it is one of the reasons that the auto companies are making such large profits. the workers are entitled to have a fair share of those profits. so, we need to make sure that this strike

earlier this week i visited fema headquarters in washington.o think the emergency responding personnel for working 24/7 here in florida and throughout the southeast. and in maui, and hawaii. i want to reiterate that appreciation today. i also convened my entire cabinet as part of a whole of government response. that responses to increase the number and intensity of the extreme weather events we are going to use all the resources available in the government to do it. nobody can deny the impact of climate crisis ease. nobody intelligent can deny the impact of the climate crisis anymore but just look around. around of the nation and the world for that matter prehistoric floods, intense droughts, extreme heat. deadly wildfires. wildfires that caused serious damage like we have never seen before. just a sense of being a president in two and half years i have flown over more land burned to the ground as a consequence of wildfires that occupy the entire land of the state of maryland. from down in new mexico and alabama over too montana and around it h

we were talking about fema requesting more funding. when we heard on a report that fema responders were staying in five star resorts and kind of wasting money it seems like. why could they not stay in a more inexpensive hotel? guest: i can assist barely speak to that instance. i'm not familiar with that report staying in certain accommodations but i would say i think the problem with the money is certainly larger than a certain number of nights at the hotel. i think to respond to these disasters requires billions of dollars and i think it is $12 billion the government is requesting for fema so we're talking about a larger picture here in terms of responding to these devastating wildfire floods. host: $60 million is the actual figure. it is tied to the thing you have been talking about, max cohen our guest, a lot of things going on with senate this week. (202) 748-8000 for democrats, (202) 748-8001 for republicans, and independents, (202) 748-8002 . max cohen, i want to play you little bit from the white house press briefing yesterday.

fema had been a partner in hurricane relief. just recently about three weeks ago, four weeks ago we had another hurricane idalia and again fee ma came down -- fema came down and is a partner in that hurricane relief. i met with president biden about three weeks ago when he came down to tour the damage and talked to him about the importance of getting fema fully funded. there've a federal disaster relief fund that's part of fema and it pays for things like debris pickup, helps individuals that have lost their homes, helps our small businesses, a variety of things like that. right now they have -- right now this thing is getting low on funds. i checked on september 11. it's down to two and a half billion dollars and they project by the end of this month trks will be down to $550 million. there's a community in this country that's getting impacted by the fema disaster relief fund. so i've been trying for months to get a vote on a bill which is pretty common sense. number one, it will put funds into fema so they can provide help for

but for those who are uninsured, fema is the best hope.this weekend while president biden surveyed the damage in live oak he urged congress to make sure there's enough money for the next disaster. >> i'm calling on the united states congress, democrats and republicans, to ensure the funding is there to deal with the immediate crisis. >> reporter: fema officials announcing money is running out, and the $3.4 billion the agency has in reserve could be gone by mid september. back in horseshoe beach, governor desantis handing out food and not meeting with president biden. >> look, we know that these storms are things that happen in the state of florida, but what we have to do is just respond as strong as we can. >> reporter: but residents say more help is needed. >> for everybody, it's just not knowing what's going to come next. >> reporter: the president did meet with rick scott in a display of the much-needed bipartisanship in congress while additional funds are awaited for fema. >> here in the bay area, we had rain this weekend, but more sun

>> we know, obviously, the fema administrator we saw images of fema administrator as well. the president. a little bit earlier today. i believe she is also touring the community as well alongside the president. they've been in constant contact. having covered many of these natural disasters as, well i know how incredibly daunting it is, guad, for so many individuals. having to pick up the pieces after it seems their lives have been shattered into so many pieces. we're watching marine one there, and the president, likely exiting soon, along with the first lady as well as surveying the damage in live oak. just down the street from her guad is talking to us from. i believe that's the president stepping outside the helicopter now, along with first lady dr. jill biden as well to make their way to their vehicles likely. and then their make their way over to live oak, where guad venegas is standing by for us. guad, as we're looking at these images of the president. he had a survey a couple of natural disasters in the last couple of weeks. obviously, florida, he was in maui as well

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and the disaster relief fund that fema administers is the primary vehicle that enables fema, the department of homeland security through fema, to distribute individual and public -- the communities devastated by those natural disasters. if that were to run out, our ability to assist communities, our neighbors, our friends, our loved ones, to recover from and rebuild after a natural disaster would be virtually eliminated, almost eliminated. we are hopeful that the disaster -- will receive the requisite funding because the money we expect to run out certainly is perhaps on august. >> thank you, mister secretary. i couldn't agree more and we will do everything in our power to ensure that fund is replenished. on that, you have my word. with that, mister chairman, i think -- i yield back. >> thanks, chair yield to mr. hageman for five more minutes. >> thank you. first amendment to the united states constitution rests on the principle that no person or institutions, including the government, has a monopoly on the truth and the viewpoint based -- speech by the government is dangerous, may even spe

the government wants to provide additional funding for fema. priscilla, the short-term spending bill, what's the white house's plan? how are they planning to try to make that happen? >> reporter: well, they're urging congress to make it happen and also noting where they would need additional funding so that key programs that americans rely on could continue and not face any type of disruption. now, it is going to be a sprint to the finish line at the end of september when the fiscal year end. that's where the white house wants to see that short-term bill. for instance, the women and you chi -- and infants and children spending bill. and it is likely they'll get that stopgap funding. this is separate from their supp supplemental funding. >> where does the president stand on trying to get billions more for fema? >> reporter: a separate request for congress but the white house asked for $12 billion in additional funding for those disaster relief funds that help communities get up on their feet after they face a weather-related disaster. this week

plaskett: we need to pressure fema. we need to work collaboratively together to get these schools in the order they need. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. ms. plaskett: for the children. we must come together, virgin islandsers, for the children. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina seek recognition? mr. wilson: unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. wilson: thank you, mr. speaker. eight months ago into the newly elected house republican majority, led by our speaker, kevin mccarthy, is delivering on the commitment to america. on behalf of american families we are fighting to tackle inflation and lower the cost of living, defend national security, making america energy independent, securing the southern border, preserving constitutional freedoms, and promoting fiscal responsibility