[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 149 (Tuesday, September 24, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H5661]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     SUPPLEMENTAL DISASTER FUNDING

  (Ms. TOKUDA asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. TOKUDA. Madam Speaker, this week, the House will vote to keep the 
government open until December. While millions of Americans can rest 
assured that critical services will continue, disaster-stricken 
communities like Florida, which is currently facing another hurricane, 
Georgia, Tennessee, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Vermont, and yes, my 
community in Maui, have once again been denied the additional support 
they need and they deserve.
  This continuing resolution is yet another missed opportunity to give 
my Maui constituents some certainty in their long road to recovery.
  Just last week, Congressman LaMalfa and I led a bipartisan coalition 
of Members, all representing disaster-affected communities, in calling 
for Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery funding and the 
Disaster Tax Relief Act to be included in government spending 
legislation. Instead, Congress will leave town this week with little to 
offer.
  Any year-end government spending package must include disaster 
recovery funding. We cannot delay further, not when far too many 
communities like Maui are still waiting and hurting. We owe it to them 
and all our disaster-stricken communities to get this done, and I will 
not stop fighting until we deliver the support they so desperately 
need.

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