Are you making concerted efforts to fast track the backlog of FEMA grants that needs to be awarded to communities that have suffered while hearing nothing from the federal government? We made [fast-tracking FEMA grants] a priority. As soon as you walked in the door, the deputy and myself went to work from day one. And you immediately started seeing grants start flowing again. The biggest thing we had to do was raise that threshold from where my predecessor had at 100,000. (01:30–01:38)
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Asserts prioritization of fast-tracking FEMA grants from the start of his tenure.
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