Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has said the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) does not have enough money to make it through the hurricane season, and lawmakers representing areas devastated by Hurricane Helene are voicing their frustration.
“We are meeting the immediate needs with the money that we have,” Mayorkas told reporters aboard Air Force One on Oct. 2.
But officials expect another hurricane to hit before the end of the season on Nov. 30, and FEMA “does not have the funds” to last that long, Mayorkas said.
That reality did not sit well with Sen. Ted Budd (R-N.C.), where Helene left catastrophic damage in her wake….