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Rich McCormick: “By law she's supposed to spend it on Covid cannot spend on…”

Featuring: Rich McCormick, Republican | U.S. House Georgia, 7th Congressional District

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Georgia Congressman Rich McCormick Discusses Opposition to Debt Ceiling Deal on AMERICA Decides

Published | Video Starts at 04:33

… and put it back towards where it belongs, the hurricane relief because last time we had a hearing less than two weeks ago that's what the FEMA director told me. By law she's supposed to spend it on Covid cannot spend on hurricanes. Tell me that can't be corrected. That's one example out of hundreds you could go back and say this budget was duped from the beginning. (04:33–04:38)

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Asserts that by law, FEMA funds are required to be spent on Covid, not hurricanes.

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