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Rich McCormick: “Take that 40% of the budget that we spend on FEMA take it…”

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 04:19

So what's something that's actually feasible at this late hour? The government funding expires Friday at midnight. I can tell you something very specific. Take that 40% of the budget that we spend on FEMA take it out and say no that's not going to Covid. two years after Covid's over by the way let's take that money 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. (04:19–04:25)

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Asserts that 40% of FEMA's budget should not be allocated to Covid relief.

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