“The federal government has a big role to play in Florida’s recovery,' Sen. Rick Scott said Wednesday, five days after voting against $18.8 billion for FEMA to respond to HurricaneIan.
After touring Southwest Florida, Scott said Wednesday that the U.S. Senate may have to reconvene to approve an aid package specifically targeted for Florida and communities devastated by Hurricane Ian.
The House and Senate are in recess and could be out until after the Nov. 8 elections. Scott is leading the National Republican Senatorial Committee's efforts to regain control of the chamber.Opposition by Florida Republicans to emergency aid not affecting their home state is not a new development. Gov. Ron DeSantis, as a freshman member of Congress from Palm Coast,, which struck New York and New Jersey.
"We are capable in this country, in the Congress, of voting for disaster relief for key — after key events like this without using it as a vehicle or a mechanism for people to load it up with stuff that’s unrelated to the storm," he said.
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