{"id":2351886,"date":"2024-10-07T22:08:01","date_gmt":"2024-10-08T02:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fema-has-enough-money-for-hurricane-milton-but-warns-of-shortfalls-for-rest-of-year-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-07T22:09:18","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T02:09:18","slug":"fema-has-enough-money-for-hurricane-milton-but-warns-of-shortfalls-for-rest-of-year-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fema-has-enough-money-for-hurricane-milton-but-warns-of-shortfalls-for-rest-of-year-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"FEMA has enough money for Hurricane Milton but warns of shortfalls for rest of year &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">36<\/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%2Ffema-has-enough-money-for-hurricane-milton-but-warns-of-shortfalls-for-rest-of-year-washington-examiner%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=2351886&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--><p>FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell\u200c has assured the public\u2062 that the agency currently has enough financial resources to \u2064respond to Hurricane Milton and continue aid for Hurricane Helene. This statement follows assertions \u2063from Homeland Security Secretary \u200cAlejandro Mayorkas, who warned that FEMA could run out of funds\u2064 before the end of the year due to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/abandoned-superyacht-goes-to-former-google-executive-process-called-fully-transparent\/\" title=\"Former Google executive acquires abandoned superyacht through a transparent process.\">ongoing hurricane season<\/a> needs and \u200bprior obligations, including \u200dCOVID-19 reimbursements. While \u200bCriswell confirmed that FEMA can \u2064manage the immediate requirements \u2063for\u2062 the \u2062current disasters, she acknowledged potential funding \u2064shortages in the coming months. Furthermore, she addressed\u2064 criticism regarding $650 million in assistance allocated to illegal immigrants, stating \u2063that no funds\u2064 had been diverted from the Disaster Relief Fund used for disaster responses.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">FEMA has enough money for Hurricane Milton but warns of shortfalls for rest of year<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1778781\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/fema\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Federal Emergency Management Agency<\/a> Administrator Deanne Criswell pushed back against fears her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-views-alyssa-farah-griffin-trump-trying-to-scare-north-carolina-voters-into-voting-for-him-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"The View\u2019s Alyssa Farah Griffin: Trump trying to \u2018scare\u2019 North Carolina voters into voting for him - Washington Examiner\">agency doesn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t have enough resources to respond to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hurricane\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Hurricane<\/a> Milton, though she admitted FEMA funding is set to run out before the year&rsquo;s end.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>During an interview with Fox News&rsquo;s Brett Baier on Monday evening, Criswell responded to Homeland Security Secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/alejandro-mayorkas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Alejandro <\/a>Mayorkas&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pepe-le-pew-cut-from-space-jam-2-movie\/\" title=\"Pepe Le Pew Cut From \u2018Space Jam 2\u2019 Movie\">recent remarks made<\/a> in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene&rsquo;s landfall that FEMA is running out of money.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are meeting the immediate needs with the money that we have. We are anticipating another hurricane hitting. We do not have the funds. FEMA does not have the funds to make it through the season and what is imminent,&rdquo; Mayorkas said on Oct. 2.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Criswell assured the country that FEMA &ldquo;absolutely&rdquo; has enough funding not only to get through Hurricane Helene but through incoming<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3179116\/hurricane-milton-what-know-path-landfall-florida\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title> Hurricane Milton<\/a> as well.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We have enough funds to absolutely get through the response for this hurricane, as well as the continued response for Hurricane Helene,&rdquo; she said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But she agreed with Mayorkas that FEMA doesn&rsquo;t &ldquo;have enough money to continue throughout the rest of the year.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Gov. Roy Cooper (D-NC), right, and Deanne Criswell, administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, await the arrival of Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris for a briefing on the damage from Hurricane Helene, at Charlotte Douglas International Airport, Oct. 5, 2024, in Charlotte, North Carolina. (AP Photo\/Chris Carlson, file)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;What I find that we might need to do is in the December, January time frame &mdash; we may have to go back into that immediate needs funding to ensure we always have enough to support life-saving actions,&rdquo; Criswell said. &ldquo;From the Disaster Relief Fund, again, we&rsquo;ve been able to anticipate last year, this year, and even going into next year, that we are not going to have enough to pay all of the recovery bills because we&rsquo;re right now paying on the covid reimbursements from the last few years.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Amid the shortage of FEMA funds, Criswell&rsquo;s agency has been criticized for releasing roughly $650 million in assistance to illegal immigrants.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Pressed on the matter on Monday, Criswell replied that none of the funds in question had been diverted from the Disaster Relief Fund, which serves as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scotus-overturns-chevron-doctrine-upends-administrative-state\/\" title=\"SCOTUS Overturns Chevron Doctrine, Upends Administrative State\">agency&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s main funding pot for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/search-efforts-continue-in-surfside-fla-following-condo-collapse\/\" title=\"Search efforts continue in Surfside, Fla. following condo collapse\">hurricane response efforts<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Disaster Relief Fund is the fund that we use to respond to disasters, and there has been $0 removed from that fund to support any other activities. The funding that you&rsquo;re talking about was funding that was given to [U.S. Customs and Border Protection] and then transferred to us to support some of those efforts,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;The Disaster Relief Fund &mdash; nothing has been taken away from it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Following Hurricane Helene&rsquo;s devastating landfall, which estimates say has claimed over 230 lives, and wreaked complete devastation in many Southeastern towns, the private sector and nonprofit organizations have stepped in to assist in vital rescue and recovery efforts.<\/p>\n<p>While aid from groups such as the South Carolina-based Happy Helicopters, Samaritan&rsquo;s Purse, a faith-based humanitarian aid organization, and North Carolina&rsquo;s Mountain Mule Packer Ranch has garnered praise, critics have <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/10\/07\/us-news\/redneck-air-force-is-bringing-aid-to-nc-when-fema-came-up-short\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a> that FEMA has led bureaucratic and inefficient efforts in the aftermath of the disaster.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Criswell called the backlash &ldquo;false&rdquo; as she tried to put the accusations to bed on Monday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We have been on the ground since before Hurricane Helene hit Florida and before it crossed over North Carolina,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;And what I would say is, just because somebody doesn&rsquo;t see a person in a FEMA shirt doesn&rsquo;t mean that we&rsquo;re not in the area.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1778781\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1778781\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FEMA has funds for Hurricane Milton but warns of year-end shortfalls<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2351887,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Criswell.-.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[18818,6513,42483],"class_list":["post-2351886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-fema","tag-funding","tag-hurricane-milton"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Criswell.-.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2351886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2351886"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2351886\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2351887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2351886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2351886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2351886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}