Kat Cammack | Kat Cammack Official Website
Kat Cammack | Kat Cammack Official Website
GAINESVILLE, FL — On September 1, 2023, Congresswoman Kat Cammack (FL-03) led a letter with House members of the Florida congressional delegation urging House and Senate leadership to support a clean supplemental appropriations bill to replenish the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Disaster Relief Fund (DRF) and to help those affected by recent natural disasters, including Hurricane Idalia, recover.
Hurricane Idalia made landfall as a Category 3 storm on Wednesday, August 30, damaging homes, businesses, and agricultural lands around the Florida Gulf Coast's Big Bend region. While damage estimates are still being calculated for the hardest hit areas, residents of North Central and Northwest Florida will be in rebuild and recover mode for the next several weeks and months. With recent natural disasters across the United States, remaining FEMA funds will not be enough to support recovery efforts for Hurricane Idalia, the wildfires in Hawaii, and others.
The Members' letter asks funding for these natural disasters not be tied to additional funding for Ukraine or other supplemental requests to ensure assistance is swift and sufficient for Americans affected by these incidents.
Joining Rep. Cammack on the letter are Florida Reps. Dunn, Buchanan, Lee, Webster, Mast, Bilirakis, Luna, Donalds, Gaetz, Waltz, Gimenez, Posey, Mills, Salazar, and Bean.
Read the full letter here.
Original source can be found here.
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