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Claim: “We can send BILLIONS to Ukraine but Americans who have lost everything only get $750 dollars?!”

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Oct 4, 2024 · FEMA, like all other federal agencies, receives funding from Congress for specific functions.Its disaster relief fund received almost $36 billion in funding for the 2024 fiscal year, …

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Oct 9, 2024 · The Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema), a government agency, has a Disaster Relief Fund - worth more than $20bn (£15bn) for the last financial year - which is ring …

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Oct 4, 2024 · CNN, Fact check: Six days of Trump lies about the Hurricane Helene response, Oct. 6, 2024. Washington Post The Fact Checker, No, Biden didn’t take FEMA relief money to use …

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Why did FEMA launch a rumor response page?

FEMA launched a rumor response page to tackle a post-Helene flurry of misinformation. The White House also issued a memo on Oct. 5 addressing falsehoods about the government’s response to the hurricane. ...

Why did Congress add $20 billion to the disaster relief fund?

On Sept. 26, Congress added $20 billion to the disaster fund as part of a stopgap bill to fund the government through Dec. 20. Even before Hurricane Helene made landfall, the Disaster Relief Fund was headed toward a deficit. ...

Did the Biden-Harris administration steal $1 billion from FEMA?

As he arrived in Augusta, Georgia, to survey Hurricane Helene’s devastation, former President Donald Trump said the Biden-Harris administration’s spending on immigrants has left the Federal Emergency Management Agency broke. "Well, for one thing, $1 billion was stolen from FEMA to use it for illegal migrants," Trump said Oct. 4. ...

How much money does FEMA receive from Congress?

FEMA, like all other federal agencies, receives funding from Congress for specific functions. Its disaster relief fund received almost $36 billion in funding for the 2024 fiscal year, which ended in September. ...

Why did FEMA set up a response page?

The claims have become so widespread that FEMA set up a response page to debunk many falsehoods around how disaster funding works and what the agency’s response has been. ...

How does FEMA fund immigrant services?

Congress approved FEMA funding to give grants to state and local governments and nonprofit organizations for immigrant services. The program’s funding comes from Customs and Border Protection, and is separate from FEMA’s Disaster Relief Fund that’s used to respond to natural disasters. ...