but as he sort of is looking to rally the rest of the democratic party, suddenly they are not running from the president anymore. they are going to want to come get some shielding under that 60% approval rating right now. it makes him incredibly strong. and his strength is, of course, distressing for the out party who has to gig out how to hold and of course want to expand their region both the house and the senate. we ll know how these talks go. great to see you. thanks. fema is asking thousands of people to pay the government back. that s right. pay the government back for money given after natural disasters. one senator, though, is fighting back. we talk to him straight ahead. stay with me.
to tightenรง our belt as a country, we are seeing a blatant example of waste pouring out of d.c. and senator joe lieberman is saying that it needs work. why do you think the bill is being delayed and do you think that it really has a fighting chance to make it through? i think equity and fairness is on our side. fema has not done this deliberately but they have been releasing statistics that don t really answer the questions that senators are looking for. there is confusion about how much discretion fema has right now. my bill would give fema quite a bit of discretion. i think it s critically important to understand that if fema pays out money to people if there s misrepresentation because they have insurance and they can t double dip, we should get that money back.
fema should know and i do cnnw they do know, they know every zip code and county that has not passed the flood insurance ordinance that they should and those that have. fema knows and they have this information. when they come to an area that has not passed this ordinance and is not eligible for flood insurance, they should not offer it to anybody. that s just competence 101. nonetheless, in our state and other states, they have come in and offered this aid, $27,000 in some cases and the people take it, they do everything that they are supposed to do with t. put it back in their homes or whatever and then get a letter saying, we made a mistake. you owe this back. that s unfair. the figure $22 million how far back are they saying that it goes? maybe people who received
in cases where mistake is completely on fema s part, what you re going to do if you don t get some discretion on this, you re going to ruin these people. we have one company in arkansas, in their 70s, they have nothing. fema is asking them to pay back $27,000. they can t do it. sir, we appreciate your time. thank you so much. thank you. talking about the record profits while americans are paying $4 a gallon for gas. how is that fair?
claims was erroneously given to disaster victims is being talked about on capitol hill. due to flooding and natural disasters, money from the government but by mistake. now fema wants it back, all $22 million worth. one lawmaker launches a bill to protect but democratic senator is the sir, it s nice to have you with us. as we tell our audience about this, it s an interesting argument. here is fema s side. their argument is that citizens who received aid in error, as they claim, needed to be living in areas covered by national flood insurance and fema disstrib butted that aid any way. doesn t that responsibility fall on fema to know whether they were covered before giving aid? do they have a leg to stand on? i agree with you. this is competence 101 to me.