disaster relief
Congressman Greg Steube (R-FL) has mobilized a bipartisan group of nearly 100 lawmakers to pressure the US Senate into passing his Federal Disaster Tax Relief Act. Congressman Steube and 78 other legislators sent a letter to Senate leadership demanding the respective relief bill be brought to the senate floor for a vote after it passed […]
The state of Florida continues to recover from the destruction left after Hurricane Ian made landfall several months ago. In a bipartisan move, Rep. Scott Franklin (R-FL-15) and Rep. Darren Soto (D-FL-9) have teamed up to request disaster relief funds from the House Appropriations Committee to help the citrus industry, which took a big hit after […]
FORT LAUDERDALE—Gov. Ron DeSantis has announced that some $80 million was awarded to several South Florida cities through the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity’s (DEO) Rebuild Florida Mitigation General Infrastructure Program. No sooner than Gov. DeSantis handed out the checks at a press conference at Port Everglades, Agriculture Commissioner and 2022 gubernatorial candidate Nikki Fried, […]
Opa-Locka- U.S. Senators Rick Scott (R) and Marco Rubio (R) held a press conference at the U.S. Coast Guard Air Station shortly after conducting surveying the hurricane-battered northern Bahamian islands on Friday.
Hurricane Dorian has leveled The Bahamas leaving death and destruction across the northern islands of that nation.
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As Hurricane Dorian made landfall in the northern Bahamas, and all but destroyed cities like Marsh Harbor, Florida state Rep. Shevrin Jones (D) became the central figure of the storm and it wasn’t because decided to go outside and brave the storm conditions as many weather reporters do.
Just as scientists and meteorologists forecast Hurricane Dorian to become a major storm that will probably impact Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis proactively declared a state of emergency to give local authorities ample time to get all of the resources in place.
The federal disaster dollars President Trump approved, plus the state funds already allocated for clean-up efforts, which is under the direction of Gov. Ron DeSantis and the FL Division of Emergency Management (FDEM), tens of millions of dollars continue to be disbursed to industries affected by the recent natural events.
Senator Marco Rubio (R) addressed the Democratic assertion that Republicans were to blame, reaffirming that it was the three House Republicans that stalled the bill.
A second congressional Republican, arguing for a vote by the full House, blocked an attempt Tuesday to pass long-stalled federal disaster relief funding that would assist Florida’s hurricane-ravaged Panhandle.
After Senate Democrats voted against a supplemental disaster relief bill that would help recovery efforts for Americans affected by the recent hurricanes that ravaged Florida and Puerto Rico, Senator Marco Rubio has just announced that an "agreement" has been reached that can "pass both house of Congress," and ultimately get signed by President Trump.
Montford, a Tallahassee Democrat who is one of three Northwest Florida lawmakers behind the proposal (SB 1610), said removing the dollar figure will keep the bill moving. The $315 million amount was more than the House or Senate included in their budget proposals for Hurricane Michael relief, though negotiations on a final spending plan are expected to start next week.
Florida Senator Marco Rubio (R) is in disbelief that her Democratic counterparts in the senate are refusing to pass legislation to help Americans rebuild in Florida
Fast forward to late March, and Scott is accusing senate Democrats of hypocritically “blocking” a disaster relief package that would directly aide in Florida’s and Puerto Rico’s recovery efforts from the recent hurricanes that made landfall.
But members of the Triumph Gulf Coast Board said the BP settlement money they oversee isn’t a replacement for anticipated state and federal assistance for the storm that crashed across parts of Northwest Florida nearly four months ago.