"The president, who plans to travel to North Carolina this week, said he might need to call Congress in for a special session after it did not include additional disaster relief in its spending bill."
"President Biden said on Monday that he expected to ask Congress for supplemental funding to provide relief to the states devastated by Hurricane Helene, which left 100 dead and hundreds more unaccounted for.
During remarks at the White House, Mr. Biden said he might need to call Congress in for a special session to help with the response to what he called a “catastrophic” and “history-making storm.” Lawmakers left Washington last week after passing a stopgap spending bill to fund the government until Dec. 20 that did not include additional disaster relief funding.
“It’s devastating,” Mr. Biden said of the storm, which made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane and wreaked havoc across Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. “They’ve never seen anything like this before.”"
Zolan Kanno-Youngs reports for the New York Times September 30, 2024.
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"Biden Plans Survey Of Devastation In North Carolina As Helene’s Death Toll Tops 130" (AP)
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