(Bloomberg) -- The Trump administration’s proposed $12 billion initiative to reduce future flood damage met with skepticism in Congress, as lawmakers warned against diverting emergency funding away from hurricane survivors.
"We’ve got folks who are suffering," said Mario Diaz-Balart, a Republican congressman from Florida and chairman of the House panel responsible for that funding. "We’ve got to deal with that right now."
Skepticism from both parties
That skepticism from both Democrats and Republicans on the House
spending panel underscores the headwinds facing efforts to reform
the country’s approach to disaster policy. Three months after
Hurricane Harvey struck Texas, beginning one of the worst strings
of storms and wildfires in U.S. history, the Trump administration
has called for sweeping changes to storm recovery, flood insurance
and other policies.
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