Ted Budd: “Thank you, Madam Chairwoman, and thank you to our witnesses for your time again this week.”

Every time I’m in WNC, people ask me to make sure that they’re not forgotten. I’d ask my colleagues in Washington and Raleigh to send them a clear message that we’re with them by passing additional funding for disaster recovery,

For that reason,” Budd continued, “I will vote against any supplemental appropriations package that does not include additional funding for Western North Carolina.

Choke holding this thing or stonewalling states that are hurt by hurricanes is not the way to get rid of waste fraud and abuse.

Nearly two years since Hurricane Helene ravaged our state, debris still clogs waterways.