Bill Nelson: “Then this Senator simply makes a recommendation that we should never be in an emergency posture like we were last week…”

“Then this Senator simply makes a recommendation that we should never be in an emergency posture like we were last week, where FEMA is not carrying the adequate reserves. On Thursday, they ran out of money and were, in fact, not spending the money that was desperately needed in the previous 5 days for hurricane relief. This Senator is merely making the recommendation that, as we look to FEMA appropriations in the future, there should be a cushion of reserves in FEMA because this country can face all kinds of disasters, as we know, and this year FEMA's budget was too lean to be able to respond.”