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sent to congressional leaders Tuesday, 33 lawmakers urged the top lawmakers to pass an appropriations package “as soon as possible” to address the agricultural damage caused by the storm. The letter includes signatories from both parties, stretching across the ideological spectrum from firebrand Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene to left-wing Democrats such as Rep. Maxwell Frost .
Lawmakers left town last week and are not expected to return until after the election on Nov. 12. So far, Congress has no plans to reconvene to pass additional disaster relief. “Congress should have been proactive on this issue,” Rep. Jared Moskowitz said Monday. “As the only former emergency management director in Congress, I have been sounding the alarm for months that this would be a problem if we just left for recess without properly funding FEMA during the height of hurricane season.”
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