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Going back in the bush administration and there s always been a point of emphasis, if you will, on fema by the obama administration. i think frankly it won t have mattered who came into the presidency in the post katrina world there was going to be an emphasis on fema. you weren t going to let that get politicized. yes, it s a political appointee and you re going to have somebody who came with a background to do this stuff. so i think that they realize that it s a high-wire act, this emergency management business. and most of the time if you do a good job it s good politics. if you blow it, it s really bad politics. i agree. it can be unrecoverable politics. so this is a case where good politics and good public policy and good management all converge. it s good politics to do a good job. you re not playing one side against the other. ....
Speaker boehner scratching his head because he says democrats and republicans both had their input. it is a bipartisan bill, a reasonable, responsible approach to keep our government funded and to provide fema for the disaster relief money that is so badly needed by thousands of families. the sticking point is funding for disaster victims. republicans want to give money to people with need it when a tornado or flood or hurricane hit but they want all the new fema money to be paid for with cuts to an able industry loan program, something democrats will not support in large numbers and although the federal government will not run out of money until friday, fema could go broke sooner and harry reid does not know what republicans want. we agreed with their number. on fema. do they want the government to ....
If you get dryer weather, or it sounds quieter in your area and have you not been told that you can go outside, do not do so. i m expectingly i m expecting landfall in long island, 11:00 a.m. local time. tell continue over vermont and new hampshire, sustained winds still at 65 miles per hour. so the storm system is really holding together. that s the forecast. thank you, maria. let s check in on the federal government s response to the storm so far and what s ahead. kelly wright is in washington, d.c. with the latest on fema and the other federal agencies and how they are coordinating efforts today and the next couple of days. reporter: hey, rick. good morning to you. the and the fema want to be prepared for this one. so the word right now is preparation, getting the coordination. president obama is being kept up to date overnight about irene ....
Reconstruction of the schools in the other infrastructure projects. this actually happened in iowa last year. fema suspended 340 million from disasters rebuilding from disasters back in 2008 and 2010. so here is where we are with the funds. this is the latest. we have got fema with the fund at $2.4 billion, all the disasters a lot of concern that s not going to take us as long as we need. that s only going to last to september 30th. fema looking for another $1.8 billion for the fiscal year that begins october 1st. shepard: they are working on a plan, i guess, lawmakers are to increase funding for fema. where does that stand? okay. so right now no word from the president on fema s requested replenishment. earlier this week the republican controlled house appropriations committee proposed doubling the disaster fund. time of discussion of serious spending cuts to $3.65 billion. so, again, that s very interesting considering republican proposed. according to the congressional research ....
Trailer or what not? it does. actually, there was a lawsuit after katrina and rita that actually stopped fema from trying to recruit this money from victims of the hurricanes. there is 165,000 total people involved here. they ve only done of the first 5,000. you re going to see a lot more of this over the next several months. the truth is, what my bill would do is help people in these flood zones where they have not passed the flood ordinance and it s a very, very small fraction of people. if there is fraud and misrepresentation or some false claim, that s a different deal. fema should go after that money and try to recover that money. in these cases, there is none of that. this is all on fema s side of the equation. i think where we all need ....