ATNI is grateful to Senators Maria Cantwell and Markwayne Mullin for introducing the legislation in the Senate.
Every $1 invested in hazard mitigation results in $13 saved.
FEMA can help States and disaster survivors cover some recovery costs, but many disasters go undeclared.
I strongly support the additional investments the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law made in these programs.
Will VA meet that goal?
You told me you would get the regulations moving on the expansion.
According to the National Institute of Building Sciences, every $1 invested in hazard mitigation results in $13 saved.
The approach for addressing the health of the Disaster Relief Fund is the $9 billion supplemental request that was submi...
The Disaster Relief Fund is expected to run out sometime this August.
We were in a situation of Immediate Needs Funding last year as well, where payments had to be slowed.
I fully funded the President's $23 million requests in the FY '24 bill to expand VA's childcare pilot program that we es...
I am still hearing from veterans and providers about their struggles with that system and how it has undermined their he...
A staggering 58 percent of respondents reported missing or canceling VA healthcare appointments due to childcare challen...
What it will mean is that some projects that were slated to get funding otherwise will be delayed.
This law creates a great incentive for states to proactively fund mitigation measures.
That is why I support increasing the set-aside for the BRIC program, from 6 to 15 percent.
Hazard mitigation offers a solution.
I am pleased that the President's budget request includes $20 million for the Small Shipyard Grant Program.