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DeSantis Asks Trumps For Increase In Hurricane Michael Recovery Aid
April 23, 2019
Gov. Ron DeSantis is requesting an increased federal cost share for Hurricane Michael recovery.
DeSantis sent a letter to President Donald Trump requesting an increase in the federal cost share from 75 percent to 90 percent for the remainder of Hurricane Michael recovery. This request follows NOAA’s announcement that Hurricane Michael has been upgraded to a category 5 hurricane – only the fourth category 5 storm to ever impact the United States and the first to impact Florida as a category 5 since Hurricane Andrew in 1992.
“I am officially requesting an increase in federal funding for Hurricane Michael recovery from 75 to 90 percent,” said DeSantis. “Since my first full day in office when I visited Northwest Florida, it was clear that the efforts to rebuild and recover were far from over. An increase in the federal share will help Northwest Florida tremendously and I thank President Trump for his previous commitment to fully fund the first 45 days of recovery from this storm. I look forward to continuing to work with the President to ensure Northwest Florida completely recovers.”
“At the Division of Emergency Management, we recognized the devastation this storm caused and took action in January by putting in place new processes and procedures to get funding out as quickly as possible,” said FDEM Director Jared Moskowitz. “I applaud Governor DeSantis for providing leadership and requesting 90 percent federal funding on the same day that Hurricane Michael was upgraded to a Category 5. This increase in federal funding will provide critical savings to Panhandle communities during their recovery.”
Trump has the authority to issue a waiver and increase the federal cost share for hurricane recovery from the standard 75 percent to 90 percent prior to costs reaching the 90 percent threshold. With the recent upgrade of Hurricane Michael to a Category 5, as well as the tremendous amount of debris removal performed since the storm’s impact, the state estimates that this threshold will be met in the future. This change in the federal cost share would save the state and Northwest Florida communities hundreds of millions of dollars.
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@ joe. Oh so now we blame a border wall needed for border security.
I’m sorry but Trump wants to build his wall. He wants to take the hurricane relief money away from the people that really needs it most.
Fine, but good luck getting more disaster relief money from the Pelosi controlled House. If it’s a disaster in California or New York then no problem of course.