09/24/2024
https://congress.gov...
"It is critical for us to ensure FEMA, the Government lead agency on disasters, is positioned to assist those communities to prepare for, mitigate against, and recover from wildfires."
"You don't have to be washing the doorknobs. It is in the air."
"Time costs money--the longer it takes communities to rebuild, the higher the costs to both those communities and to the federal taxpayer."
"Ultimately, making it more difficult to access assistance will not reduce the rise in disaster costs--it may actually increase it."