[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 152 (Wednesday, September 12, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H8162]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              DHS TRANSFER OF $10 MILLION FROM FEMA TO ICE

  (Mr. PAYNE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PAYNE. Mr. Speaker, Hurricane Florence is possibly the most 
devastating hurricane to hit the Carolinas in a lifetime. Let us 
prepare for the worst and hope for the best.
  As global climate change makes extreme weather events more likely and 
more dangerous, the Trump administration is burying its head in the 
sand. A month ago, FEMA released an internal review of its response to 
Hurricane Maria, admitting that, among other things, when Hurricane 
Maria struck, FEMA's warehouses in Puerto Rico were basically empty.
  Then yesterday we find out that the Trump administration diverted $10 
million from FEMA to ICE in order to boost its detention program and 
lock up children in cages away from their parents and babies from their 
mothers.
  This is outrageous. It is just another example of how callous the 
Trump administration is and how misplaced its priorities are.
  I hope that FEMA and the Trump administration do better in the 
Carolinas because Hurricane Florence is going to be devastating.

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