House Speaker Mike Johnson hasn't addressed the calls by dozens of members.
President Joe Biden on Thursday joined growing calls from Democrats and even one Republican to bring Congress back to pass certain additional disaster aid funding in the wake of the devastation in southeastern states caused by back-to-back hurricanes.
"I think that Congress should be coming back and moving on emergency needs immediately," he said, but notably did not say the same about Federal Emergency Management Agency funding beforeFEMA has run out of disaster funds because the money was "stolen" to use instead to help migrants, a claim the White House has strongly denied, saying the money comes from separate funding "spigots.
President Joe Biden speaks and gives an update on the impact and the ongoing response to Hurricane Milton, in the South Court Auditorium on the White House complex in Washington, Oct. 10, 2024.Even as raised the dire need for more SBA funding, Biden said he has not reached out to House Speaker Mike Johnson about bringing House lawmakers back to Washington.
Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House visits the New York Stock Exchange to deliver an economic address in New York City, Oct. 1, 2024.There are similar calls from lawmakers for Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to reconvene the upper chamber.
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