Mayorkas: Congress must come back to fund FEMA

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas joins Andrea Mitchell to discuss how misinformation spread about Hurricane Helene is "very damaging" and to share more on the preparations underway ahead of Hurricane Milton.



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[christiancrousillat]

Any member of Congress, who does not come back in the situations for an emergency should be held criminally.

[timdykes]

How about a shout out to all the private individuals deploying their own aircraft boats, ATVs trucks and trailers, delivering aid and rescuing people, all on their own dime.
And yes, keep up the hard work FEMA

[christiancrousillat]

Every politician should be fact, checked every time a claim is made.

[robisadev]

I wonder if no one thinks about how Congress has been playing games with funding bills for four years now. Might that not be the bigger problem.

[dieterradeke]

one of the dumbest moderators on MSNBC

[Jayzilla-jrfr]

Ask Ukraine to send us some money. We have them billions.

[laurabartoletti]

Seriously ? Does Congress really need to be TOLD to reconvene to pass FEMA funding ??? Or, or told AGAIN to fund functioning government emergency agencies ?? Come on "US Congress" , show your constituents some humanity !!

[leonardodakimchi]

I wouldn't trust this guy with cup of water.

[brianbailiff]

Is this not the same guy who said fema was out of money

[bradmoyer]

Morally bankrupt, pathological liar, reprehensible individual, what’s not to like 🤷🏼.

[maureenthompsonbell]

And to Mike Johnson, if you are not willing to call a special congressional session for allocation of additional FEMA funds, what exactly ARE you willing to do? Or NOT do?

[tedsdogwalking]

Wait. Where did the money go that was allocated for FY24. They just got 20 billion in the stop gap spending measure congress approved. It sounds like FEMA needs an audit. What do they have. What do they need, and what have they done with the money allocated so far. Those are reasonable questions to ask.

[moongazer]

Lets all be thankful and grateful that Ukraine and Lebanon are taken care of 🤑

[dontfallvictim]

We lost trust in our government when Harris/Biden took office! On Wednesday, Mayorkas claimed that immediate needs would be met but that FEMA does not have enough funds to make it through the season! What needs are being met?

[paulworth]

Did anybody stop to think that alot of people dont have the money to fill there cars up to evacuate thanks to high prices????

[DocGero]

Listen to the people who are suffering. They say nobody is helping. Even if they are offered funds it is only a $750 loan. How is that going to help? Unfreeze your excess funds from 2012. Billions of dollars that you froze. How does this happen in America? You said you have no money and now you say you do. What is the truth?

[erincarney]

Do your job and take care of your people! That’s not illegals. How about you; nbc, mayoress, and the rest of the dems stop misleading with lies!

[richboi]

Congress wasn't needed to approve funds to all those other countries but needed for Americans. SAD please hurry up Trump and save our country!

[bonnie]

Misinformation from the channel that misinforms.

[SarahKim-vcjm]

We lost trust in our government 4 years ago