{"id":2020644,"date":"2023-09-03T02:53:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-03T06:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-surveys-hurricane-idalia-damage-in-florida-says-more-fema-funding-needed\/"},"modified":"2023-09-03T02:57:01","modified_gmt":"2023-09-03T06:57:01","slug":"biden-surveys-hurricane-idalia-damage-in-florida-says-more-fema-funding-needed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-surveys-hurricane-idalia-damage-in-florida-says-more-fema-funding-needed\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden assesses Florida&#8217;s Hurricane Idalia destruction, calls for increased FEMA funding."},"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\">22<\/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%2Fbiden-surveys-hurricane-idalia-damage-in-florida-says-more-fema-funding-needed%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=2020644&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>President Biden Surveys Hurricane Idalia Damage in Florida<\/h2>\n<p>President Joe Biden visited\u200c Florida on Sept. 2 to survey\u2062 the damage from Hurricane Idalia, and meet with survivors and recovery crews.<\/p>\n<p>Hurricane Idalia <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/catastrophic-hurricane-idalia-makes-landfall-in-florida-as-major-storm-5483196\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">made landfall<\/a> along Florida&#8217;s Big Bend region as\u2062 a Category 3 storm on the morning of Aug. 30, \u2063with high winds\u200b and significant \u200dstorm surge.<\/p>\n<p>The state faced widespread flooding and damage before Idalia weakened as she moved northeast toward Georgia \u200cand the Carolinas.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/hurricane-idalia-just-latest-reason-florida-residents-are-pummeled-by-insurance-costs-5485220\">Hurricane Idalia \u200dJust Latest Reason Florida Residents Are Pummeled by Insurance Costs<\/a> -\u2062 9\/2\/2023<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/in-final-hours-before-landfall-hurricane-idalia-stopped-intensifying-and-turned-from-tallahassee-5484989\">In Final Hours Before Landfall, Hurricane \u200cIdalia Stopped Intensifying and Turned From Tallahassee<\/a> &#8211; 9\/1\/2023<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>President \u2063Biden took an aerial tour and received a\u2064 briefing from local\u2063 officials and first responders in Live Oak, a town hit hard by the storm.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;m here today to deliver a clear message to the people of Florida and throughout the Southeast,\u201d he said after a walking tour of Live Oak. He pledged the federal government&#8217;s total support for Floridians.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs I\u2019ve told your\u2064 governor, if there\u2019s anything your state needs, I\u2019m ready to mobilize that support,\u201d he continued. &#8220;Anything they need related to these storms. Your nation has your back and we\u2019ll be with you until the job is done.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>He spoke outdoors near a church that had parts of its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-surveys-hurricane-idalia-damage-in-florida-says-more-fema-funding-needed\/\" title=\"Biden assesses Florida's Hurricane Idalia destruction, calls for increased FEMA funding.\">sheet metal roof peeled back<\/a> by Idalia&#8217;s powerful winds and a home half crushed by\u200b a fallen tree.<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure style=\"width:600px\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>President Joe Biden speaks in front of a home damaged by fallen trees and debris \u2064following a survey of damage caused by Hurricane Idalia, in Live Oak, Fla., on Sept. 2, 2023. (AP Photo\/Julio Cortez)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>The White House has \u2064requested from Congress an extra $4 billion for FEMA&#8217;s natural disaster responses, after having <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/fema-to-prioritize-immediate-needs-funding-for-latest-disasters-as-relief-cash-runs-dry-5483081\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">requested<\/a> $12 billion. This would raise the sum requested to $16 billion\u2014part of an\u200c overall $40 billion stopgap funding request.<\/p>\n<p>President reiterated the request for funding\u2062 on Sept. 2.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese crises are affecting more and more Americans, and every American regularly \u200dexpects FEMA to show up when \u2062they are needed,\u201d he said in Florida, reported <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2023\/09\/02\/biden-in-florida-promises-to-rebuild-calls-on-congress-to-provide-more-fema-funding.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNBC<\/a>. \u201cI\u2019m calling on the United \u2064States Congress, Democrats and Republicans, to ensure the funding is there.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Florida Governor Absent<\/h2>\n<p>While President Biden said he would be meeting with Gov. Ron DeSantis, the governor&#8217;s office issued a statement on Sept. 1 saying no such plans had been\u2062 made. Mr. DeSantis <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/desantis-wont-meet-with-biden-during-florida-trip-to-survey-hurricane-damage-5485461\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">declined<\/a> to join President Biden and suggested that doing so could interfere\u200d with recovery efforts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn these \u200drural communities, and so soon after impact, the security \u2062preparations alone that would go into setting up\u200c such a meeting would shut down <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-issues-statement-over-classified-document-scandal\/\" title=\"Biden Issues Statement Over Classified Document Scandal\">ongoing recovery efforts<\/a>,&#8221; Jeremy Redfern, a spokesman for Mr. DeSantis, said in\u2064 a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. DeSantis,\u200d when asked about the impending\u200d visit on Sept. 1, told reporters \u2063that he&#8217;d\u2064 mentioned to President\u2064 Biden over the phone \u200dthat &#8220;it would be very disruptive to have the whole security apparatus that goes&#8221; \u2062with the president &#8220;because there are only so many ways to get into&#8221; many of the hardest \u200chit areas.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What we want to do is make sure that the power restoration continues \u200band the relief efforts continue and we don\u2019t have any \u200dinterruption in that,&#8221; the governor added.<\/p>\n<p>On Sept. 2, Deanne Criswell, who leads the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), told reporters while President Biden was en route from Washington that her team and\u2062 the governor&#8217;s team\u2064 had &#8220;worked collectively&#8221; in making the decision for the president to visit Live Oak. Furthermore, she stated that\u2063 her teams &#8220;have heard\u200d no concerns over any impact to the communities that we\u2019re going \u2062to visit today.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>President Biden and Mr. DeSantis \u200chad met in the past\u2014in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian in 2022, and the Surfside condo collapse \u2063in Miami Beach in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>But now, Mr. DeSantis is running as\u200c a candidate for the GOP presidential nomination, and President Biden is seeking reelection.<\/p>\n<p>President Biden said he was not disappointed by the turn of events, but welcomed the \u200cpresence\u2062 of Sen. Rick Scott, one of the state&#8217;s two Republican U.S. senators. Mr. Scott praised President Biden for\u200d having declared a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-issues-disaster-declaration-for-texas-amidst-severe-winter-weather\/\" title=\"Biden Issues Disaster Declaration For Texas Amidst Severe Winter Weather\">federal disaster declaration<\/a> relatively early.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was a \u2064big deal. These are not rich communities. Many of them struggle to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/under-trump-americans-have-seen-their-best-wage-growth-in-40-years\/\" title=\"Under Trump, Americans Have Seen Their Best Wage Growth In 40 Years\">make ends meet<\/a>,&#8221; Mr. Scott said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden visited Florida on Sept. 2 to assess Hurricane Idalia&#8217;s aftermath, meet survivors, and support recovery teams. The Category 3 storm hit Florida&#8217;s Big Bend region on Aug. 30, causing extensive flooding and destruction. 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