Joe Biden, the president of the United States, made some light-hearted quips about his Cabinet members while updating the media on the federal response to recent hurricane on Friday. He jokingly refers to vice president Kamala Harris as” the president” and cites Energy secretary Jennifer Granholm as his “boss” for the administration’s efforts to restore energy and clear particles in the affected says.
Biden acknowledged the devastating toll that storms have caused on states like North Carolina and Florida during the presentation. ” Our hearts go out to all those people who’ve lost not only private property, but their homes and some lost lives and are grieving after the aftereffects of the tornadoes, terrible storm, report downpours and ancient flooding”, he said, as quoted by Fox News.
Hurricane Milton has caused an estimated $50 billion in damages, while North Carolina officials confirmed at least 92 fatalities from Hurricane Helene. In Florida, eight people were reported dead after Milton spawned four tornadoes in St Lucie County, with millions of residents still without power.
Biden praised the work by Florida government Ron DeSantis, which enabled 50, 000 energy line workers to restore power to 1 million users. The leader assured that the federal government, through FEMA, the Coast Guard, the Army Corps of Engineers, and the National Guard, is fully engaged in recovery and treatment efforts.
Before Granholm instructed him to give the speaker to the evil president, Biden briefly paused during his speech. He grabbed Granholm’s hand and said,” She’s my boss here”, before jokingly correcting himself when he referred to Harris as” the president”.
Before giving Harris the opportunity to speak, Biden stated that his administration may get additional funding from Congress for storms treatment. ” We’re going to have a lot of help. We need a lot more money”, he said.
Vice President Harris, speaking via call, outlined the national efforts to deliver food, waters, medical products, and producers to affected areas. She even made reference to her discussions with Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas regarding preventing price inflation in disaster-prone areas.
According to Harris,” We continue to coordinate resources with local and state officials, including food, water, health products, and generators,” assuring that the administration may “work with clubs on the ground to restore water and power as quickly as possible in the approaching days and weeks.
Harris continued,” President Biden and I did ensure that the communities that are on the floor and have been affected will have the resources they need to both restore and recover.”
Harris’s comments come amid tension with government DeSantis, who refused her phone about the storms reply, saying she had” no function” in the process.
” We are in this for the extended haul”, she said, reaffirming the government’s commitment to healing work in Florida, Georgia, and the Carolinas.
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