My state of Florida is owed $2.5 billion. You have delayed the FEMA disaster declarations even when the applicants Meet FEMA statutory threshold under the Stafford Act. You want states to do more, yet You want to cut the EMPG program, which grants them funding to build capacity. Your office was involved in discussions of moving FEMA to Texas. You created a rule of anything over $100,000 has to come to your desk. A rule that has slowed down FEMA reimbursement. (02:23–02:27)
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Asserts that there is a proposal to cut the Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG) program.
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