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the president is going to be there for them tomorrow until we are needed on the ground. so fema, the federal emergency management agency has $3.5 billion in disaster relief for this hurricane and for the maui wildfires and for any future extreme weather events to come. we just heard from the fema director today. she s worried about running out of funding, understand police. she called on congress to approve the request for another $12 billion in disaster funds. so emergency relief efforts are not impacted. we should note that request for relief is paired with requests for more aid for ukraine, which is more controversial to many in congress. it might be a sticking point for them. why not separate the fema dollars from ukraine dollars so you don t have that problem for those who need this fema money as soon as possible? so the administrator came into the briefing room and laid that out for americans watching.
to help with the recovery, but without funds it makes it just more difficult. now, the feechl ma administrato noted that there are still enough funds for the initial response to maui, but without additional funding, they would put recovery into next year. take a listen. we have enough funding to support the ongoing response efforts because we take events like this into consideration, but it would delay if we don t have additional funding it would delay some of the recovery projects and push them into next year. reporter: now, the white house is aware of this, they re monitoring this, in their supplemental request to congress they ve asked for $12 billion in disaster funds. that goes to congress and requires their approval. this is one part of a broader funding request that may face an uphill battle in congress. a fema official told me if they
and they included in their supplemental request to congress $12 billion for disaster funds. of course, that is part of a broader funding request, which already faces an uphill battle. but at least for fema, there is growing concern about what it might mean if these funds are depleted by the end of the month. already the federal government has tallied 15 weather-related disasters that funds include over a billion dollars have gone to the assistance and recovery for those disasters, just to give you a sense of just how much funds they ve already had to use before the hurricane season has started in earnest. the fema administrator told reporters here at the white house this week that they expect to have enough funds for the initial response in maui. but any delay in further funds could put their recovery into next year. we have enough funding to support the ongoing response efforts because we take events like this into consideration. but it would delay, if we don t