What do I tell my citizens of western North Carolina? The result has not been the elimination of waste, fraud and abuse in the federal disaster spending. Instead, Secretary Noem's new review processes have indefinitely prolonged disaster recovery efforts across the country. and inflicted needless pain onto already vulnerable communities and people. Yesterday in my office I was notified that FEMA released more than $233 million in Helene related reimbursements. (04:02–04:10)
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Asserts that new review processes have prolonged disaster recovery efforts.
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