Joe Biden, leader, has written a letter to congressional representatives asking for their assistance in passing additional funding for Hurricane Helene relief.
Biden also told legislators on Friday that the Small Business Administration would run out of money “in a matter of days” before Congress could take action.
“]The Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Department of Defense are ] performing critical , life-saving , and life-sustaining operations and may continue to do so within existing funding rates”, the senator wrote.
It may take some time to thoroughly assess the total requirements for response and recovery efforts, he said, as with other severe disasters, and I completely anticipate that the Congress will play its part in providing the cash needed.
The SBA’s financing needs are far more serious, Biden suggested.
He stated that he has requested more money for SBA many times over the past few months, and most recently, my administration has done so as part of a continuous resolution to finance the government.  ,” Then the need is even more serious. Smaller businesses and residents in the affected regions rely on devastation loans as a crucial lifeline during challenging times.
The SBA’s disaster relief loan program grants up to$ 2 million to businesses and$ 500, 000 to homeowners. More than 3, 000 applications are submitted daily for destruction brought on by Hurricane Helene, and the program needs$ 1.6 billion to process them.
Finally, Biden said, FEMA may require more financing in order to avoid a lack of money for “longer-term recovery activities”.
The Congress may provide FEMA more assets to avoid making that kind of unwanted decision, and give the communities we serve the assurance that help will continue, both temporarily and permanently, he wrote.
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Biden has stated to reporters that additional funding” ca n’t wait… people need help now.”
In North Carolina, where flooding has paralyzed residents to the point where they still do n’t have cell service in some areas in order to call for assistance, Hurricane Helene has devastated a number of states. In the wake of the wind, at least 220 people have died in southeast Alabama.