After President Joe Biden said he would not rule out calling Congress back to Washington from recess to pass supplemental Hurricane Helene relief funding, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Congress had already authorized the disaster relief funds needed for the immediate response.
In comments made before prepared remarks at the New York Stock Exchange on Oct. 1, Johnson said the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) relief fund was replenished with the three-month stopgap spending bill that Biden signed into law this past week.
“Congress has previously provided FEMA with the funds it needs to respond, so we will make sure that those resources are appropriately allocated,” Johnson said….