PARKLAND, FL – Today, Congressman Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) introduced a bill to send $15 billion to FEMA and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in order to fund Hurricane Helene relief efforts:

“The devastation we are seeing across the Southeast, especially in North Carolina, is simply unprecedented. While the administration is utilizing every tool at its disposal to help those impacted by Hurricane Helene, it’s up to Congress to make sure that FEMA and HUD get the funds they need. So many lives have already been lost or forever changed, and many others are still at risk. Congress should’ve dealt with this funding shortfall before we went on recess, but now we must act swiftly to pass this supplemental. Emergency management can’t be a partisan issue – hurricanes don’t just hit Republican areas or Democratic areas. We have to come together to show the American people government still works,” Congressman Moskowitz said.

The bill allocates $10 billion for FEMA and $5 billion for HUD and can be found here.

Moskowitz introduced bills to replenish FEMA’s Disaster Relief Fund in June 2023 and 2024. FEMA had to go into  “immediate needs funding” mode for weeks, resulting in stalled payments for past disasters and delays in future disaster planning measures.

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