Durbin and Duckworth reintroduce bill to reform federal disaster relief process

Durbin, Duckworth Reintroduce Bill To Bring Fairness To FEMA Disaster Declaration Process

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) today reintroduced the Fairness in Federal Disaster Declarations Act. As the Trump Administration continues to play political games by denying critical assistance for Democratic-led states, the Senators’ bill would reform the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) disaster declaration process to make it more transparent and equitable to smal…

Durbin and Duckworth reintroduce bill to reform federal disaster relief process

Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin (D) and Tammy Duckworth (D) have reintroduced a bill in Congress to reform how federal disaster relief is determined, after FEMA denied relief to Illinois following severe storm damage last year.