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| Texas lawmakers request $18.7 billion more for Harvey relief |
| 2017-10-06 |
| [MCCLATCHYDC] Texas politicians requested another $18.7 billion in federal funds to help with Hurricane Harvey recovery efforts Thursday. This second wave of relief funding would bring the federal government’s total Harvey recovery investment to nearly $34 billion, if approved by Congress and signed by the president. The House could act on the request as early as next week, when it votes on a supplemental funding bill. Texas’s two senators, John Cornyn and Ted Cruz, along with members of Congress from both parties and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, delivered the request in a letter Thursday to House and Senate appropriators. Their proposal would direct $10 billion to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for rebuilding projects that are ready for construction. Another $7 billion would go to low-income housing rebuilding through the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Community Development Block Grant Recovery program. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 $7 billion would go to low-income housing rebuilding If there isn't housing, will they go to California? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2017-10-06 11:10 |
| #1 No |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2017-10-06 00:59 |