Richard Blumenthal: “Connecticut is waiting on $5 million in hazardous mitigation…”

“Secretary Noem's insistence on personally approving every contract worth $100,000 has delayed critical aid to survivors, including the deployment of search and rescue teams in the Texas flooding. My home state of Connecticut is waiting on $5 million in hazardous mitigation funds and some $80 million in public assistance funds. This repayment for expenses FEMA has already approved or stuck in Secretary Noem's endless queue. Survivors of Hurricane Helene in North Carolina have received only 1 billion of the estimated 60 billion in damages the state experienced from the storm.” (11:03–11:13)

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