In fact, I was extremely concerned by reports that FEMA employees under the Biden administration were actually skipping houses of survivors that happened to have a Trump sign in their front yard, which was absolutely outrageous. I even co-sponsored the Republican amendment that would prevent political affiliation from being considered by FEMA when approving assistance applications. I was very aggressive against the Biden administration with that incident. But now, under Trump's second tenure as president, we have witnessed the politicization of disaster assistance, unfortunately, I think is a massive scale. (00:34–00:45)
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Asserts involvement in legislative efforts to prevent political bias in FEMA aid approval.
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