Red Oak, Iowa — Iowa Senator Joni Ernst says she’s willing to return to Washington to approve more funding for FEMA, but Ernst says there’s been no request from the agency for more money.
There’s currently 11 BILLION dollars in FEMA’s Disaster Recovery Fund and FEMA’s administrator says that is enough to support the ongoing response to Hurricanes Helene and Milton. FEMA provides funding for search and rescue operations and emergency shelter after disasters. Ernst, who’s among the Republican leadership group in the US Senate, says the head of the Small Business Administration told her Thursday morning that the SBA is quickly running out of loan money.
Ernst says the Office of Management and Budget has not presented Congress with documentation that the SBA or FEMA need emergency funding now. Congress is set to reconvene on November 12th.
