{"id":2010482,"date":"2023-08-24T07:23:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-24T11:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-committee-demands-briefing-on-hawaii-wildfire-relief\/"},"modified":"2023-08-24T07:24:03","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T11:24:03","slug":"house-committee-demands-briefing-on-hawaii-wildfire-relief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-committee-demands-briefing-on-hawaii-wildfire-relief\/","title":{"rendered":"House committee requests briefing on Hawaii wildfire relief."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhouse-committee-demands-briefing-on-hawaii-wildfire-relief%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2010482&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>House Small Business Committee Seeks Answers on SBA&#8217;s Response to Hawaii Wildfire<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The House Small Business Committee has taken action to address the &#8220;lackluster government response&#8221; in\u200c aiding the victims of the Hawaii wildfire. Chairman Roger Williams sent a letter to Isabella\u2064 Casillas Guzman, the administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA), requesting \u200dinformation and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-republicans-launch-probe-into-massive-teachers-unions-influence-on-cdc-demand-communications\/\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE: Republicans Launch Probe Into Massive Teachers Union\u2019s Influence On CDC, Demand Communications\">staff-level briefing<\/a> on the agency&#8217;s \u2064efforts in\u2064 disaster relief.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2>Debate: \u200bRepublican 2024 Field&#8217;s Stance on Key Issues<\/h2>\n<p>The \u200bSBA plays a crucial role in providing \u2063disaster loans and assistance to homeowners \u2063and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-committee-demands-briefing-on-hawaii-wildfire-relief\/\" title=\"House committee requests briefing on Hawaii wildfire relief.\">business owners \u200daffected<\/a> by \u200dnatural disasters. Through their Business\u2062 Recovery Centers and coordination with the Resource\u2062 Partner Network, they aid in the recovery and rebuilding process.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The committee emphasizes the importance of effective utilization \u2064of\u200c taxpayer-funded resources \u200cduring times of need. They are committed to ensuring that the SBA&#8217;s resources are administered properly to assist survivors in\u200c rebuilding their \u200dlives.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The committee has specifically requested the SBA to provide them with a copy of their immediate response plan, ongoing efforts to assist those impacted,\u200b average review and approval times for disaster loans related to the Maui fires, and\u200c their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/inside-the-gop-plan-to-oppose-bidens-iran-deal\/\" title=\"Inside the GOP Plan to Oppose Biden\u2019s Iran Deal\">long-term plan<\/a> for aiding \u200daffected homeowners and business owners.<\/p>\n<p>The SBA has been given until August 31st to respond to these requests.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans have heavily criticized the federal government&#8217;s response to the Hawaii wildfires, \u200dparticularly following \u2063President Joe\u2062 Biden&#8217;s trip to survey the damage, which was \u2062marred by gaffes.<\/p>\n<p>House Speaker \u200cKevin McCarthy has expressed his concerns\u200c and stated that there will likely be a congressional investigation into \u2064the federal government&#8217;s response\u200c to the wildfires.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m very \u200dconcerned about the response,&#8221; McCarthy said. &#8220;We still have hundreds of individuals that are missing. I think there&#8217;s gonna have to be a congressional investigation in response to what happened. How could we lose that many Americans in today&#8217;s \u2062age? And the federal response seems very delayed. The president&#8217;s response to have no comment? That&#8217;s unacceptable. So I&#8217;m going to work\u200c with committees to look into investigating what went\u2064 on so that never happens\u2064 again as well.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>For more information, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">click\u200b here<\/a> to read the full article from the \u200dWashington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The House Small Business Committee, led by Chairman Roger Williams (R-TX), has written to Isabella Casillas Guzman, the administrator of the Small Business Administration, requesting details and a staff-level briefing on the agency&#8217;s efforts to aid victims of the Hawaii wildfire in disaster relief. 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