White House $44 billion Disaster Aid Bill Offers No Relief For CALIFORNIA Wildfire Victims
No explanation was given in article for not including CA.
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2017/11/17/white-house-44-billion-disaster-aid-bill-offers-no-relief-for-wildfire-victims/
White House $44 billion Disaster Aid Bill Offers No Relief For Wildfire Victims
November 17, 2017 2:40 PM
Filed Under: California, Disaster Aid, Local TV, President Donald Trump, Senator Dianne Feinstein, Senator Kamala Harris, Wine Country wildfires
WASHINGTON (CBS SF & AP) — The White House Friday sent Congress a $44 billion disaster aid request and it immediately came under attack from California’s two U.S. senators because it does not contain any relief for victims of the wine country wildfires.
In a joint statement, Senators Dianne Feinstein and Kamala Harris called the bill “appalling.”
“It’s appalling the White House is choosing to ignore the victims of California’s wildfires,” the senators said. “The latest disaster supplemental request is a completely inadequate response to all of the recent natural disasters, but it’s particularly egregious that no money was included to help Californians rebuild.”
“To help with the recovery, there’s been a bipartisan effort between California’s congressional delegation and Governor Brown to secure $7.4 billion in federal funds for those devastated by the wildfires,” the statement continued. “Despite the Trump administration’s request, we’ll continue that effort to ensure enough funding is included for California in this aid package before it passes Congress.”
The request, President Donald Trump’s third since hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria slammed the Gulf Coast and Caribbean, would bring the total appropriated for disaster relief this fall close to $100 billion — and that’s before most of the money to rebuild Puerto Rico’s devastated housing stock and electric grid is added in.
The new installment would add $24 billion to the government’s chief disaster account and establish a new $12 billion grant program for flood risk mitigation projects. Smaller amounts would go to small business loans and to aid farmers suffering crop losses..........................
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Lisa Voit? @musicmom49
7h7 hours ago
Not just California. Many states were affected by the wildfires.
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Sean Wince
🌻? @SeanWince
Replying to @musicmom49 @CBSSF
True. Even Montana which voted for him is being left in the dust after their unprecedented fires this year.
7:59 PM - 18 Nov 2017
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