The way supplemental disaster funding is provided is that, you know, the states send in actual needs, it's assessed by Congress and then handed out that way. But again, remember, They have billions, tens of billions of dollars that were already sent to FEMA one day before Helene made landfall. So they have plenty of resources. And in fact the administration Secretary Mayorkas said himself DHS, FEMA's Division of Homeland Security, he said just a few days ago on his telecast to the media that they have what they need right now. (03:52–04:00)
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